NHER 43688 (Monument record) - Site of probable World War Two air raid shelter at 44 Milton Road

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Summary

A probable air raid shelter dating to World War Two is visible as a structure on 1940s aerial photographs. Its small size and location within an enclosed garden suggest that it was a private shelter, intended for the use of a single family or household. It may have been an Anderson shelter, or a similar proprietary design. It is not visible on more recent aerial photographs of the area and was presumably levelled in the post-war period.

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  • None recorded

Location

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

Map

May 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A probable air raid shelter dating to World War Two is visible as a structure on aerial photographs (S1), centred at TG 5292 0984. It lay in the back garden of 44 Milton Road. This location, together with its small size, suggests that it was a private shelter, intended for the use of this particular household. It is visible as a small, rectangular, surface-level or semi-sunken structure, which is distinguished from an ordinary outbuilding by its curved shape in profile. It may have been an Anderson shelter without its usual covering of earth, or a similar proprietary design. It is not visible on more recent aerial photographs of the site, e.g. (S2), and has presumably been demolished or otherwise removed.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 23 May 2006.

  • <S1> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/726 5369-70 26-AUG-1945 (NMR).
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 2002. EA 043 AF/02C/338 6020-1 19-JUL-2002 (EA).

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Record last edited

Dec 8 2010 11:34AM

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