NHER 53263 (Monument) - Probable World War Two air raid shelter

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Summary

A probable World War Two air raid shelter is visible as an earthwork (presumably an earth-covered structure) on aerial photographs. It lies within a nursery or similar horticultural premises (now a garden centre), and as a consequence its interpretation is slightly uncertain, as there are various other structures and piles of material visible which are assumed to be non-defensive in nature. A website records this as the location of a Norwich Astronomy Society observatory in the 1950s, which was converted from a former air raid shelter, but it is not known whether this equates to the example recorded here.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG20NW
Civil Parish NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK

Map

May 2010. Norfolk NMP.
A probable World War Two air raid shelter is visible as an earthwork (presumably an earth-covered structure) on aerial photographs (S1)-(S2), centred at TG 2191 0686. It lies within a nursery or similar horticultural premises (now a garden centre), and as a consequence its interpretation is slightly uncertain, as there are various other structures and piles of material visible which are assumed to be non-defensive in nature. A website (S3) records the area as the location in the 1950s of a Norwich Astronomy Society observatory, which was converted from a former air raid shelter, but it is not clear whether the latter equates to the example recorded here.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 12 May 2010.

  • <S1> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1942. RAF HLA/447 (FP) 1025-6 30-APR-1942 (NMR).
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/772 6194-5 06-SEP-1945 (NMR).
  • <S3> Website: http://www.norwich.astronomicalsociety.org.uk/info/history.htm.

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Record last edited

May 12 2010 12:14PM

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