NHER 43651 (Monument record) - Site of probable World War Two air raid shelter at 12 Bridge Road
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG50NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | GREAT YARMOUTH, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
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 5206 0820. It lay in a yard behind the west end of a terrace of houses on Bridge Road. This location, together with its small size, suggests that it was a private shelter, intended for the use of a particular household. It may have been an Anderson shelter, or a similar proprietary design. 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 east and west ends. A projection from its east end may reflect the presence of an entrance on this side. On more recent aerial photographs, for example (S2), the site appears to have been redeveloped and no trace of the shelter is visible. It was presumably levelled in the post-war period.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 18 May 2006.
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF85059 Photograph: Photographs of Site of probable World War Two air raid shelter at 12 Bridge Road, Great Yarmouth. Black & white.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF63454 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/726 5084-5 26-AUG-1945 (NMR).
- <S2> SNF63455 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1989. OS/89046 202-3 18-MAR-1989.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Sep 28 2012 9:33AM