NHER 27429 (Monument record) - Site of World War Two roadblock
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG50NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | GREAT YARMOUTH, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
July 2005. Norfolk NMP.
A World War Two roadblock is visible as an extant structure on aerial photographs (S1and 2), cutting across Euston Road from approximately TG 5308 0791 to TG 5308 0790. It is one of several structures of this type visible on photographs taken in 1940 and 1941. Their location and rather insubstantial appearance suggests that these are the barricades (constructed of herring barrels filled with concrete) which in response to the threat of invasion were erected across roads leading from Great Yarmouth seafront during the early years of the war (S3). Later aerial photographs indicate that in common with most of these barricades, the roadblock described here was removed before March 1944 (S4).
It is notable that the roadblock does not extend across the entire road. It has been mapped as visible in 1941 (S2), with a gap on its north side. On aerial photographs taken in 1940 (S1) the gap is to its south.
(S1to 4)
S. Tremlett (NMP), 1 July 2005.
Associated Sources (4)
- <S1> SNF56437 Oblique Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1940. NMR TG 5307/8 (MSO 31029 2/BR172 4635) 04-SEP-1940.
- <S2> SNF56438 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1941. RAF 268F/BR172 (VA) 24-5 10-FEB-1941 (NMR).
- <S3> SNF56436 Publication: Tooke, C. and Scarles, D.. 1989. Great Yarmouth at War. p 7.
- <S4> SNF56450 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF HLA/694 3116-7 26-MAR-1944 (NMR).
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Dec 7 2010 11:38AM