NHER 27487 (Monument record) - Site of World War Two air raid shelter
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG51SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CAISTER ON SEA, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
July 2005. Norfolk NMP.
A World War Two air raid shelter is visible on contemporary aerial photographs (S1 to S3). This shelter was located at TG 5223 1209 on the eastern side of High Street. It appears to have been constructed in two parts. The northeastern part comprised four adjoining sections with barrel type roofs and was presumably the shelter itself. The southwestern part, which fronted onto High Street, had a flat concrete roof forming the entrance area. This was a small public surface shelter sited to serve the properties on this section of High Street. This may have been a local air raid shelter design and others of this type were present in Caister village (NHER 27482, 27500, 27501 and 27507). The shelter on High Street was constructed by February 1941 (S1). It had been demolished by July 1946 (S4).
J. Albone (NMP), 20 July 2005.
Associated Sources (4)
- <S1> SNF56651 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1941. RAF 268F/BR172 34 10-FEB-1941 (NMR).
- <S2> SNF56648 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/726 5259-5260 26-AUG-1945 (NMR).
- <S3> SNF56625 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/832 3184-3185 23-SEP-1945 (Norfolk SMR TG 5112B / TG 5212A).
- <S4> SNF56599 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1634 5036-5037 09-JUL-1946 (Norfolk SMR TG 5112C / TG 5212B).
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Jan 4 2006 4:38PM