NHER 27569 (Monument record) - Site of World War Two air raid shelters at 127, 137 and 141 Burgh Road, Gorleston-on-Sea

May 2006. Norfolk NMP.
Three probable air raid shelters dating to World War Two are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs (S1), between TG 5161 0515 and TG 5169 0516. They lay in the back gardens of 127, 137 and 141 Burgh Road, Gorleston-on-Sea. This location, together with their small size, suggests that they were private shelters, intended for the use of these particular households. The earthwork mounds probably covered small semi-sunken or surface-level structures, which appear to have been curved in section. They may have been Anderson shelters, or similar proprietary designs. The shelter at Number 137 appears to have had a blast wall or bank in front of what was presumably its entrance. None of the mapped features is visible on recent aerial photographs of the area, e.g. (S2), and they have presumably been levelled.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 5 May 2006.