NHER 27577 (Monument record) - Site of World War Two air raid shelter at Cobholm First School, Cobholm Island
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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 extant building or structure on aerial photographs (S1)-(S3), centred at TG 5156 0759. Its large size and location adjacent to a school (now Cobholm First School) indicate that this was a communal shelter. It was presumably built primarily for the use of pupils and teachers at the school, but it may also have been used by members of the public, such as local residents. It was probably a covered trench shelter, consisting of several long, semi-sunken sections arranged in a rectilinear pattern. Three rectangular blocks built of light-coloured masonry or concrete, visible on the side of the shelter nearest the school building, may mark the location of entrances. The shelter was levelled in the post-war period and no trace of it is visible on recent aerial photographs of the site, e.g. (S4).
S. Tremlett (NMP), 16 May 1946.
Associated Sources (4)
- <S1> SNF61160 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF 106G/LA/21 4009-10 04-JUL-1944 (NMR).
- <S2> SNF63402 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/726 5031-2 26-AUG-1945 (NMR).
- <S3> SNF63408 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1947. RAF CPE/UK/1958 7159-60 05-APR-1947 (NMR).
- <S4> SNF61148 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1989. OS/89035 085-6 18-MAR-1989.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Dec 8 2010 11:30AM