NHER 27551 (Monument record) - Site of World War Two road blocks on Wellington Road and Camperdown, Great Yarmouth

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Summary

Two World War Two road blocks are visible as structures on aerial photographs taken in 1940 and 1941. One cut Camperdown off from the seafront, while the other bisected Wellington Road. They were part of a group of several, rather insubstantial road blocks which are visible on photographs of Great Yarmouth taken during the early years of the war. These are likely to have been the barricades, constructed of herring barrels filled with concrete, erected across every street leading from the seafront to the town. As with these examples, they appear to have been removed some time before the end of the war.

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

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March 2006. Norfolk NMP.
Two World War Two road blocks are visible as extant structures on aerial photographs, (S1)-(S2), at TG 5302 0692 and TG 5301 0685. Numerous structures of this type are visible on photographs of Great Yarmouth taken in 1940 and 1941. Their location and rather insubstantial appearance suggests that these were the barricades (constructed of herring barrels filled with concrete) which in response to the threat of invasion were erected across roads leading from the seafront during the early years of the war (S3). The barriers were removed before March 1944 (S4).
S. Tremlett (NMP), 9 March 2006.

Associated Sources (4)

<S1> SNF57864 Oblique Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1940. NMR TG 5306/10 (MSO 31029 2/BR172 4632) 04-SEP-1940.
<S2> SNF56826 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1941. RAF 268F/BR172 (VA) 22-3 10-FEB-1941 (NMR) SNF56645 Vertical Aerial Photograph RAF, 1941, RAF 268F/BR172 35-36 10-FEB-1941 (NMR).
<S3> SNF56436 Publication: Tooke, C. and Scarles, D.. 1989. Great Yarmouth at War. p 7.
<S4> SNF56131 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF HLA/686 3206-7 02-MAR-1944 (NMR).

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Record last edited

Mar 14 2022 2:37AM