NHER 43581 (Monument record) - Site of World War Two air raid shelters at 14, 16, 21, 27 and what was formerly 30 Burnt Lane, Gorleston-on-Sea

April 2006. Norfolk NMP.
Five probable air raid shelters dating to World War Two are visible as earthworks and structures on aerial photographs (S1), between TG 5246 0522 and TG 5250 0528. They lay in the back gardens of 14, 16, 21, 27 and what was formerly 30 Burnt Lane (the latter has since been demolished). This location, together with their small size, suggests that they were private shelters, intended for the use of a particular household. Some may have been Anderson shelters, or similar proprietary designs. The earthwork mounds at Numbers 16 and 30 presumably covered small surface or semi-sunken structures. A slot or ditch at the northwest end of the shelter at Number 30 may mark a sunken entrance. The other three shelters (at Numbers 14, 21 and 27) were all small rectangular structures, which can be distinguished from normal outbuildings by their curved profile. These may have been Anderson shelters without their usual covering of earth. The shelter at Number 14 appears to have had a façade at its northwest end that was wider and taller than the main body of the shelter; this is a feature typical of Anderson shelters. The shelters are not visible on recent aerial photographs of the area, fr example (S2), and have almost certainly been levelled or otherwise removed. The site of the shelter at Number 30, and also that of the house itself, is now occupied the road linking Burnt Lane and Addison Road.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 24 April 2006.