NHER 39245 (Monument record) - Site of World War Two shelter, water tank and loopholed wall

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An air raid shelter, a loopholed wall and an emergency water tank (for fires started by bombing raids, etc.) are reported to have been located in this part of Acle during World War Two. Only the water tank has been identified on 1940s aerial photographs of the area.

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Map sheet TG41SW
Civil Parish ACLE, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

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(S1) mentions a loopholed wall, site only vaguely known; but (S2) notes this location (now back of Cumpsteys Butchers) also site of air raid shelter and water tank for fires.
E. Rose (NLA), 25 April 2003.

May 2007. Norfolk NMP.
Of the World War Two defences described above, only the static emergency water tank is visible on the consulted aerial photographs, on (S3)-(S4) at TG 4018 1050. It is visible as a circular structure, similar to those identified in some numbers at Great Yarmouth.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 26 May 2007.

  • <S1> Unpublished Document: Grint, B.. 2002. Comments on Pillbox Report Defence Area 3. 14 January.
  • <S2> Unpublished Document: EH. 2002. Defence Area 3.
  • <S3> Vertical Aerial Photograph: USAAF. 1944. US/7PH/GP/LOC277 5021-2 18-APR-1944 (NMR).
  • <S4> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 3G/TUD/UK/70 5059-60 28-FEB-1946 (NMR).

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Record last edited

Dec 3 2008 3:01PM

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