NHER 43618 (Monument record) - Site of World War Two air raid shelter at 91 Burgh 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 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 of the area that any part of the shelter now survives above ground.

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  • None recorded

Location

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

Map

May 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A probable air raid shelter dating to World War Two is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs (S1), centred at TG 5190 0517. It lay in the back garden of 91 Burgh 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 rather amorphous earthwork mound probably covered a small semi-sunken or surface-level structure. It may have been an Anderson shelter, or a similar proprietary design. What was probably a sunken entrance is visible on its north side. The shelter is not visible on recent aerial photographs of the area, e.g. (S2), and it has presumably been levelled.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 5 May 2006.

  • <S1> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/726 5095-6 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 11:28AM

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