NHER 42287 (Monument record) - World War Two air raid shelters within back gardens near the Baptist Church, Gorleston on Sea

January 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A group of World War Two air raid shelters is visible on aerial photographs within the back gardens in the vicinity of Gorleston Baptist Church. These shelters are visible as earth covered mounds, probably Anderson shelters, and would have been for the use of families living in the properties. The site is centred on TG 5255 0425, although this point does not correspond with an archaeological feature on the ground.

The majority of the shelters are all approximately 3m by 2m, although two of the shelters have small blast wall covered entrances. The shelters are located within the gardens of 1 Roslyn Road, and numbers 16, 20, 22 and 24 Lowestoft Road. It was not possible from the aerial photographs to ascertain whether any of these shelters survive above ground. A shelter was also located within the garden of a house on Church Lane, now the site of the Telephone Exchange.
S. Massey (NMP), 04 January 2006.