NHER 43460 (Monument record) - Site of World War Two air raid shelters north of Oliver Mews

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Summary

A group of four World War Two surface-level air raid shelters is visible as extant structures on 1940s aerial photographs. Similar structures have been identified elsewhere at Great Yarmouth, such as NHER 43459 located 90m to the southeast. The shelters were sited in a yard surrounded by terrace houses. This location suggests that they were probably provided for the protection of local residents. The structures were removed after the end of the war.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

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

Map

May 2006. Norfolk NMP.
Four World War Two air raid shelters are visible as extant structures on aerial photographs (S1)-(S2), centred at TG 5273 0785. Their location in what appears to have been a residential area suggests that they were provided for people living in nearby houses. The small, rectangular, surface-level structures are comparable to other shelters mapped elsewhere at Great Yarmouth (e.g. NHER 43459 90m to the southeast). They stood side by side in blocks of two, and may have been connected, perhaps forming two larger shelters. They were removed by mid August 1946 (S3) and the area has since been built over. No trace of them is visible on recent aerial photographs, e.g. (S4).
S. Tremlett (NMP), 17 May 2006.

  • <S1> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF 106G/LA/21 3008-9 04-JUL-1944 (NMR).
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/726 5159-60 26-AUG-1945 (NMR).
  • <S3> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1691 5079-80 16-AUG-1946 (NMR).
  • <S4> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 2002. EA 043 AF/02C/338 6024-5 19-JUL-2002 (EA).

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Record last edited

Dec 8 2010 11:30AM

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