NHER 43644 (Monument record) - Site of World War Two air raid shelter at 190 Stafford Road, Southtown
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG50NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | GREAT YARMOUTH, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
May 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A World War Two air raid shelter is visible as an earthwork and structure on aerial photographs (S1), centred at TG 5189 0682. It lay in the back garden of 190 Stafford Road, Southtown. This location, together with its small size, suggests that it was a private shelter, intended for the use of this particular household. The main body of the shelter is visible as an earthwork mound, which probably covered a small semi-sunken or surface-level structure. It may have been an Anderson shelter, or a similar proprietary design. A projection from the southeast corner of the mound presumably protected the entrance, as did a narrow structure, probably a blast wall, to the east. The shelter is not visible on recent aerial photographs of the area, e.g. (S2), and it has presumably been levelled.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 11 May 2006.
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Record last edited
Dec 8 2010 11:29AM