NHER 42507 (Monument record) - Site of World War Two air raid shelters at 8, 12 and 14 Marsh Road and 15, 17 and 19 Austin Road, Cobholm
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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.
Six probable air raid shelters dating to World War Two are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs (S1), between TG 5164 0729 and TG 5169 0733. They lay in the back gardens of 8, 12 and 14 Marsh Road and 15, 17 and 19 Austin Road. This location, together with their small size, suggests that they were private shelters, intended for the use of these particular households. They are all visible as earthwork mounds, each of which probably covered a small semi-sunken or surface-level structure. They may have been Anderson shelters, or a similar proprietary design. What was probably a sunken entrance is visible at the northwest end of the shelter at 17 Austin Road. None of the shelters are visible on recent aerial photographs of the area, e.g. (S2), and presumably they have been levelled.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 11 May 2006.
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Record last edited
Dec 8 2010 11:30AM