NHER 53421 (Monument record) - World War Two emergency water tank, air raid shelter and possible ARP warden’s post
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG20NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
May 2010. Norfolk NMP.
A World War Two emergency water tank, an air raid shelter, and a possible ARP warden’s post are visible as extant structures, buildings and earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs (S1)-(S4), centred at TG 2072 0850. They all lie in close proximity to each other, the water tank on an empty plot of land, and the air raid shelter and possible ARP post on the adjacent pavement and verge. Although the interpretation of the ARP post is uncertain, and it is not included in a list of such posts in Banger 2003 (S5), this seems the most likely interpretation of the structure, which is surrounded by or connected to an external blast wall. The adjacent air raid shelter was presumably for the use of the warden.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 6 May 2010.
Associated Sources (5)
- <S1> SNF74207 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1942. RAF HLA/447 2111-2 30-APR-1942 (NMR).
- <S2> SNF73354 Vertical Aerial Photograph: USAAF. 1944. US/7PH/GP/LOC258 5008-9 28-MAR-1944 (NMR).
- <S3> SNF74214 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/772 6041-2 06-SEP-1945 (NMR).
- <S4> SNF74215 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1947. RAF CPE/UK/2019 5164-5 18-APR-1947 (NMR).
- <S5> SNF72656 Monograph: Banger, J.. 2003. Norwich at War.. pp 96-97.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
May 11 2010 4:50PM