NHER 51017 (Building record) - World War Two bunker or shelter

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Summary

World War Two bunker or shelter. Rectangular with brick walls and a concrete roof, it was part of a larger military installation (NHER 23518).

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF74NW
Civil Parish HOLME NEXT THE SEA, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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THE BUNKER/SHELTER WAS FORMERLY RECORDED UNDER NHER 23518.

October 2007.
World War Two bunker or shelter. Rectangular, brick walls with concrete roof. Behind the northern frontal wall are two stepped entrances; these both lead down to the north facing room doorway. Part of military installation NHER 23518.
Built into sand dune.
Described as 'underground dugout with entrance formed of trench open at each end but covered in concrete at centre above door' in NHER 23518.
Noted at bottom righthand corner of record form for NHER 32533, see (S1).
Very probably 'Underground Building 3' in (S2).
Marked on Ordnance Survey landline map (S3).
D. Robertson (NLA), 25 October 2007.

  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Recording Form: [various]. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey Recording Form. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey.
  • <S2> Article in Serial: Losson, E.. 1990. NW Norfolk Coastal defences.. NIAS Journal. Vol 4, No 5, p 192. p 193.

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Record last edited

Nov 25 2014 5:16PM

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