NHER 43653 (Monument record) - Site of probable World War Two air raid shelter at 4 Jury Street

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Summary

A probable air raid shelter dating to World War Two is visible as an earthwork, probably covering a structure, on 1940s aerial photographs. Its small size and 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 more recent aerial photographs of the site and was presumably levelled in the post-war period.

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Location

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

Map

May 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A probable air raid shelter dating to World War Two is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs (S1), centred at TG 5276 0796. It lay in the front garden of 4 Jury Street. This location, together with its small size, suggests that it was a private shelter, intended for the use of this particular household. It is visible as an earthwork mound, which probably covered a small semi-sunken or surface-level structure. Judging by the shape of the mound, the underlying structure probably had a curved shape in profile and a flat, vertical façade at its north end. It may have been an Anderson shelter, or a similar proprietary design. The shelter is not visible on more recent aerial photographs of the site, e.g. (S2), and has presumably been levelled.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 17 May 2006.

  • <S1> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/726 5159-60 26-AUG-1945 (NMR).
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 2002. EA 043 AF/02C/338 6024-5 19-JUL-2002 (EA).

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Record last edited

Dec 8 2010 11:31AM

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