NHER 43508 (Monument record) - Site of probable World War Two air raid shelter at 35 Harley Road

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Summary

A probable World War Two air raid shelter is visible as a structure on 1940s aerial photographs. Its small size and its location within an enclosed garden suggest that it was probably a private shelter, intended for the use of a single family or household. It may have been an Anderson shelter, or a similar proprietary design. There is no evidence on recent aerial photographs that any part of the shelter now survives above ground.

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Location

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

Map

April 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A probable air raid shelter dating to World War Two is visible as a structure on aerial photographs (S1), centred at TG 5251 0912. It lay in the back garden of 35 Harley Road. This, together with its small size, suggests that it was a private shelter intended for the use of this particular household. It was a small structure, which can be distinguished from a normal outbuilding by its curved profile. It may have been an Anderson shelter without its usual covering of earth, or a similar proprietary design. Judging partly by the shadow cast by the structure, the façade (at the west end) appears to have been wider and taller than the main body of the shelter, a feature that is typical of Anderson shelters. Recent aerial photographs of the area, e.g. (S2), demonstrate that the shelter has almost certainly now been demolished or otherwise removed.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 12 April 2006.

  • <S1> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/726 5271-2 26-AUG-1945 (NMR).
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1989. OS/89046 187-8 18-MAR-1989.

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Record last edited

Dec 8 2010 11:25AM

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