NHER 53652 (Monument record) - World War Two air raid shelter

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Summary

A World War Two air raid shelter is visible as an earthwork (probably an earth- and vegetation-covered semi-sunken structure) on aerial photographs. It lay adjacent to some allotments or horticultural plots and was not particularly large, suggesting that it was probably a public shelter, provided for anyone in the vicinity during a bombing raid. It is one of several such shelters evident across the city, but is unusual in that each of its two entrances was protected by a blast wall of masonry or sandbags.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG20NW
Civil Parish	NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK

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June 2010. Norfolk NMP.
A World War Two air raid shelter is visible as an earthwork (probably an earth- and vegetation-covered semi-sunken structure) on aerial photographs (S1)-(S2), centred at TG 2135 0950. It lay adjacent to some allotments or horticultural plots and was not particularly large, suggesting that it was probably a public shelter, provided for anyone in the vicinity during a bombing raid. It is one of several such shelters evident across the city, but is unusual in that each of its two entrances (one at either end) was protected by a blast wall of masonry or sandbags.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 9 June 2010.

Associated Sources (2)

<S1> SNF74668 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/772 6021-2 06-SEP-1945 (NMR).
<S2> SNF74689 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1951. RAF 58/695 (V1) 5062-3 26-MAY-1951 (NMR).