NHER 43567 (Monument record) - Site of World War Two structure on Priory Plain

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Summary

A hut or temporary building, probably related to civil defence and/or shelter during World War Two, is visible as an extant structure on 1940s aerial photographs. It is one of several huts of this type to have been identified at Great Yarmouth, most, like this one, located within or close to the town centre. The structure was removed after the end of the war.

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None recorded

Location

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

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May 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A hut or temporary building dating to World War Two is visible on aerial photographs (S1)-(S2), centred at TG 5244 0791. The single-storey rectangular structure was probably associated with the civil defence of Great Yarmouth, and may have acted as an air raid shelter, temporary accommodation, or food station, for example. It was removed after the end of the war and no trace of it is visible on recent aerial photographs of the area, e.g. (S3).
S. Tremlett (NMP), 16 May 2006.

Associated Sources (3)

<S1> SNF56121 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF 106G/LA/21 3008-9 04-JUL-1944 (NMR).
<S2> SNF56124 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/726 5275-6 26-AUG-1945 (NMR).
<S3> SNF63411 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1995. NHER TG 5207ABN (NLA 358/HHB9) 13-SEP-1995.

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Record last edited

Dec 8 2010 11:30AM