Monument record BUT 075 - Site of Second World War air raid shelter.

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Summary

A probable World War Two air raid shelter is visible on aerial photographs on land to the south of Church Lane, Butley. This may have served the direction finding radar site (SHER BUT 074) to the northwest.

Location

Grid reference	Centred TM 3707 4956 (29m by 34m)
Map sheet	TM34NE
Civil Parish	BUTLEY, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK

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AIR RAID SHELTER (Second World War - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

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April 2015. Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme.
A probable World War Two air raid shelter is visible on aerial photographs (S1)-(S2) on land to the south of Church Lane, Butley. This may have served the direction finding radar site (SHER BUT 074) to the northwest.
E. Ford (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 22nd April 2015.

Sources/Archives (2)

<S1> SSF55745 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. RAF/106G/UK/832 RS 4098-4099 23-SEP-1945 (EHA Original Print).
<S2> SSF55745 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Vertical aerial photograph. RAF/58/76 V 5038-5039 27-JUL-1948 (EHA Original Print.

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Event - Interpretation: TM34NE. Mapping Block 2: Bromeswell to Rendlesham. NMP National Mapping Programme Project for Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB (Ref: English Heritage Project No. 7085) (ESF23196)

Record last edited

Jul 30 2015 1:40PM