NHER 43595 (Monument record) - Site of World War Two air raid shelter at 24 Manor Road, Gorleston-on-Sea

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Summary

A probable air raid shelter dating to World War Two is visible as an earthwork, presumably covering a structure, on 1940s aerial photographs. Its small size and its location within an enclosed garden suggest that it was 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.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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 an earthwork, probably an earth and vegetation-covered structure, on aerial photographs (S1), centred at TG 5228 0545. It lay in the back garden of 24 Manor Road, Gorleston-on-Sea. This location, together with its small size, suggests that it was a private shelter, intended for the use of this particular household. The earthwork mound, which is itself covered by vegetation, probably covered a small semi-sunken or surface-level structure. It may have been an Anderson shelter, or similar proprietary design. Further shelters may have existed in other nearby gardens but nothing is clear enough on the consulted aerial photographs to warrant mapping. The shelter is not visible on recent aerial photographs of the area, e.g. (S2), and has almost certainly been levelled.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 25 April 2006.

  • <S1> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/726 5094-5 26-AUG-1945 (NMR).
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1989. OS/89046 208-9 18-MAR-1989.

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Record last edited

Dec 8 2010 11:27AM

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