NHER 43543 (Monument record) - Site of World War Two air raid shelters at 1 and 3 Vauxhall Terrace

April 2006. Norfolk NMP.
Two probable air raid shelters dating to World War Two are visible as what were presumably earth and vegetation covered structures on aerial photographs (S1), centred at TG 5245 0877. They lay in the front gardens of 1 and 3 Vauxhall Terrace. This location, together with their small size, suggests that they were private shelters, each intended for the use of these particular households. The easternmost structure appears to have had a curved or parabolic profile, but as both mounds are partially obscured by vegetation their form is difficult to make out on the consulted aerial photographs. Both may have been Anderson shelters or similar proprietary designs. Recent aerial photographs of the area, for example (S2), demonstrate that the shelters have almost certainly now been levelled.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 20 April 2006.