NHER 43601 (Monument record) - Site of World War Two air raid shelter at 149 Beccles Road

The Norfolk Heritage Explorer is a filtered version of the Norfolk HER intended for casual research. Please to consult the full record.

See also further .

Summary

A probable air raid shelter dating to World War Two is visible as an earthwork, presumably covering a structure, on 1940s aerial photographs. Its small size and its location within an enclosed garden suggest that it was a private shelter, intended for the use of a single family or household. It may have been an Anderson shelter, or a similar proprietary design. It is not visible on recent aerial photographs of the site and has presumably been levelled.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG50NW
Civil Parish GREAT YARMOUTH, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

Map

April 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A probable air raid shelter dating to World War Two is visible as an earthwork, probably an earth and vegetation-covered structure, on aerial photographs (S1), centred at TG 5229 0506. It lay in the back garden of 149 Beccles Road. This location, together with its small size, suggests that it was a private shelter, intended for the use of this particular household. The earthwork mound appears to have been a small, curved-profile structure, either semi-sunken or at surface level, covered by a thin layer of earth and vegetation. It may have been an Anderson shelter, or similar proprietary design. Recent aerial photographs of the area, e.g. (S2), demonstrate that the shelter has now been levelled.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 25 April 2006.

  • <S1> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/726 5096-7 26-AUG-1945 (NMR).
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1989. OS/89046 208-9 18-MAR-1989.

Object Types (0)

Related NHER Records (0)

Record last edited

Mar 1 2013 12:31PM

Comments and Feedback

Your feedback is welcome; if you can provide any new information about this record, please contact the Norfolk Historic Environment Record.