NHER 42249 (Monument record) - Site of two World War Two air raid shelters

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Summary

Two World War Two air raid shelters are visible on aerial photographs taken in 1945. It is probable that they would have been used by occupants of houses located close by. The area around the shelters has been developed since the end of World War Two and it is unlikely that they survive.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG50SW
Civil Parish	GREAT YARMOUTH, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

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December 2005. Norfolk NMP.
A pair of World War Two air raid shelters is visible on aerial photographs from 1945, in the rear gardens of what is now The Oaks and 2 Magdalen Way (S1). The site is centred on TG 5185 0414. These shelters would presumably have been for the domestic use of the families.

The shelters, probably Andersons, is visible as extant earthen covered oblong mounds, approximately 3m by 2.5m. As the plot has been redeveloped since the Second World War it seems unlikely that any trace of the shelters remains.
S. Massey (NMP), 20 December 2005.

Associated Sources (1)

<S1> SNF59975 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/726 5220-1 26-AUG-1945 (NMR) RAF 106G/UK/726 5220-1 26-AUG-1945 (NMR).