NHER 27504 (Monument record) - Site of World War Two air raid shelter

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Summary

A World War Two surface air raid shelter is visible on aerial photographs taken between 1940 and 1945. It was a large public shelter and was located at the southern end of Clay Road. Constructed between August and December 1940, by July 1946 it had been demolished. Similar shelters were located close by and elsewhere in Caister on Sea village.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG51SW
Civil Parish	CAISTER ON SEA, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

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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 the southern end of Clay Road on the eastern side of the street at TG 5262 1193. It was a large public surface shelter, divided into two unequal rectangular parts with pitched roofs. The northern section measured 8m long by 2.2m wide and the southern part was 3.6m by 2.2m. These two parts of the shelter were joined by a central section with a flat concrete roof forming the entrance area. This shelter was constructed between August and December 1940 (S3 to S4) and had been demolished by July 1946 (S5). Another shelter of a similar type was located at the northern end of Clay Road (NHER 27503) with a third in the adjacent street, Victoria Road (NHER 27502). Other shelters of this type were located elsewhere in Caister village (NHER 27483, 27505 - 27506).
J. Albone (NMP), 20 July 2005.

Associated Sources (5)

<S1> SNF56654 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF 106G/LA/14 1007-1008 13-MAY-1944 (NMR).
<S2> SNF56657 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/832 3183-3184 23-SEP-1945 (NHER TG 5111A / TG 5212A).
<S3> SNF56649 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1940. RAF 268A/BR183 2-3 17-DEC-1940 (NMR).
<S4> SNF56658 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1940. RAF 2A/BR190 37-38 18-AUG-1940 (NMR).
<S5> SNF56659 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1634 5037-5038 09-JUL-1946 (NHER TG 5212B-C).