Record Details

NHER Number:51014
Type of record:Building
Name:World War Two bunker or shelter

Summary

World War Two shelter or bunker built into north side of a World War Two bank (NHER 23518).

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 7075 4481
Map Sheet:TF74SW
Parish:HOLME NEXT THE SEA, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

FORMERLY RECORDED AS PART OF NHER 23517 (IT IS THE WESTERNMOST OF THE TWO WORLD WAR TWO STRUCTURES FORMERLY RECORDED AS 23517).

October 2007. Site visit.
World War Two shelter/bunker built into north side of a World War Two bank (the bank is recorded under NHER 23518). Red brick walls, concrete roof. Behind the northern frontal wall are two stepped entrances; these both lead down to the north facing room doorway.
Located to southwest of NHER 23517, a very similar structure.
Marked on Ordnance Survey landline map (S1).
Underground Building 1 in (S2).
D. Robertson (NLA), 23 October 2007.

Monument Types

  • BUNKER (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
  • SHELTER (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

<S2>Article in Serial: Losson, E.. 1990. NW Norfolk Coastal defences.. NIAS Journal. Vol 4, No 5, p 192. p 192.

Related records

23518Part of: World War Two military installation at Holme Dunes (Monument)
23517Related to: World War Two bunker or shelter (Monument)
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