NHER 42343 (Monument record) - A World War Two defensive structure, Cliff Avenue, Gorleston-on-Sea

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Summary

A World War Two defensive structure is visible on aerial photographs on Cliff Avenue, Gorleston-on-Sea. The exact nature of this small square structure is not known, it may have been a pillbox or gun emplacement, although the location does not appear particularly strategic. It may have been a Home Guard post or shelter.

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Map sheet	TG50SW
Civil Parish	GREAT YARMOUTH, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

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January 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A pair of World War Two air raid shelters is visible on aerial photographs within the back garden of 52 Lowestoft Road, Gorleston-on-Sea (S1)-(S2). The structure is centred on TG 5280 0312 and is 4.5m square. The exact nature of this small square structure is not known, it may have been a pillbox or gun emplacement, although the location does not appear particularly strategic. It may have been a Home Guard post or shelter. The structure is now demolished and 17 Cliff Avenue stands on its location.
S. Massey (NMP), 24 January 2006.

Associated Sources (2)

<S1> SNF60666 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1941. RAF 268F/BR172 14-15 10-FEB-1941 (NMR).
<S2> SNF60835 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF 106G/LA/14 1028-9 13-MAY-1944 (NMR).

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Record last edited

Dec 8 2010 11:18AM