NHER 27676 (Monument record) - Sites of World War Two air raid shelters

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Summary

Nine small World War Two air raid shelters, at least some of which were probably Anderson shelters, are visible as earthworks and structures on 1940s aerial photographs. They lay in close proximity to each other, in the back gardens of houses on South Beach Parade and Harbord Crescent. Small shelters such as these were intended for the use of a single family or household. There is no evidence on more recent aerial photographs that any remnant of those described here now survives above ground.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG50NW
Civil Parish	GREAT YARMOUTH, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

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September 2005. Norfolk NMP.
Nine World War Two air raid shelters are visible as earthworks and structures on aerial photographs (S1), centred around TG 5305 0616. The shelters lay in close proximity to each other, in the back gardens of 34, 35, 36, 40, 42, 46 and 48 South Beach Parade and 1 and 23 Harbord Crescent. Most of the shelters are visible as small earthwork mounds, which perhaps covered Anderson shelters or similar proprietary designs. Two (at TG 5306 0616 and TG 5306 0612) possessed possible blast walls or revetments. The shelter at TG 5305 0613 may be an outbuilding, as it lacks an earth covering and does not appear to be sunken, but it appears to have a curved profile and could equally be a surface air raid shelter. There is no evidence on more recent aerial photographs that any of the shelters now survive above ground and they were probably levelled soon after the end of the war.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 28 September 2005.

Associated Sources (1)

<S1> SNF57812 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/778 6021-2 08-SEP-1945 (NMR).