NHER 52015 (Monument record) - Eight underground WWII air-raid shelters in the Hillside Avenue school playground
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG20NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | THORPE ST ANDREW, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
March 2009. Norfolk NMP.
Eight underground WWII air-raid shelters are visible in the Hillside Avenue school playground, on aerial photographs (S1)-(S3), centred on TG 2696 0875.
The underground shelters consist of an L-shaped arrangement of eight mounds of earth, each measuring between 10m and 16m in length by 5m in width, each with a curved trench containing steps leading down into the structure, with concrete reinforcement visible at the mouth of the entrance. Each shelter had a square concrete vent measuring 1.2m x 1.2m at the opposite end to the entrance. They were presumably built primarily for the use of pupils and teachers at the school, but may also have been used by members of the public, such as local residents. There were several above ground shelters visible in the area, sited approximately 660m to the northwest. The shelters were filled in by 1947 (S4).
E. Bales (NMP), 18 March 2009.
Associated Sources (4)
- <S1> SNF71755 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/884 6022-3 03-OCT-1945 (NMR).
- <S2> SNF71756 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1143 5019-20 29-JAN-1946 (NMR).
- <S3> SNF71758 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1606 2056-7 27-JUN-1946 (NMR).
- <S4> SNF71759 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1947. RAF CPE/UK/2019 5185-6 18-APR-1947 (NMR).
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Oct 18 2010 2:03PM