Monument record BCC 047 - Eight World War II air raid shelters, visible as earthworks.

Eight air raid shelters of Second World War date are visible on aerial photographs as earthworks on the northern edge of Sir John Leman School playing fields, Beccles, at circa TM 418897. They appear to be semi-sunken shelters, the accommodation probably consisting of a timber or sheet-metal lined trenches covered with earthwork mounds approximately 10 to 12 metres long and 6 metres wide. Access was gained via entrances at either end. It was the responsibility of schools to provide such shelters for staff and pupils unable to use domestic or communal shelters during the school day. (S1, S2)