NHER 43332 (Monument record) - World War Two air raid shelter, South Denes, Great Yarmouth

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The site of a World War Two air raid shelter on South Denes, Great Yarmouth. The Denes was being utilised extensively by the military for both training and defensive purposes (see NHER 43323 for details) so it is probable that this air raid shelter was for military personnel.

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

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March 2006. Norfolk NMP.
The site of a World War Two air raid shelter is visible on aerial photographs on South Denes, Great Yarmouth (S1)-(S2). The Denes was being utilised extensively by the military for both training and defensive purposes, see NHER 43323 for details, so it is probable that this air raid shelter was for military personnel. The site is centred on TG 5310 0411 and consists of a roughly oblong mound, 17m across, with four rectangular entrance slots cut into the mound.
S. Massey (NMP), 2 March 2006.

  • <S1> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1941. RAF 268F/BR172 16-17 10-FEB-1941 (NMR).
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/927 6094-5 16-OCT-1945 (NMR).

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Oct 5 2012 2:25PM

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