Record Details
| NHER Number: | 52498 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of World War Two road block at Keswick Mill |
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Summary
A World War Two road block is evident as structures visible on 1940s aerial photographs. The road block consisted of several rows of sockets in the road surface, into which pins or rails could be placed, flanked by concrete anti-tank cubes. It was presumably sited to control access to and/or from the river crossing at Keswick mill 30m to the northwest, and is one of several defences and other military structures visible in this area (NHER 52499, 32530). One of these, a Home Guard Shelter (NHER 32530) may indicate that the road block was manned by the Home Guard. It is not known whether any trace of the site still survives today.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 2118 0511 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG20NW |
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| Parish: | KESWICK, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
November 2009. Norfolk NMP.
A World War Two road block is visible as a group of structures on aerial photographs (S1)-(S4), centred at TG 2118 0511. It was presumably sited to control access to and/or from the river crossing at Keswick mill 30m to the northwest, and is one of several defences and other military structures visible in this area (NHER 52499, 32530). One of these, a Home Guard Shelter (NHER 32530), may indicate that the road block was manned by the Home Guard.
The road block consisted of five rows of sockets in the surface of the road into which anti-tank rails or pins could be placed (only the sockets are visible). These were flanked by concrete anti-tank cubes. Although some elements of the road block remain visible on post-war aerial photographs (for example (S4)), whether any element of the site still survives today is not known.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 30 November 2009.
Monument Types
- ANTI TANK BLOCK (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- ANTI TANK HAIRPIN (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- ANTI TANK OBSTACLE (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- ANTI TANK VERTICAL RAIL (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- CUBE (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- ROADBLOCK (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- ROADBLOCK (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- TANK TRAP (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1942. RAF HLA/447 2118-9 30-APR-1942 (NMR). |
| <S2> | Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/772 6005-6 06-SEP-1945 (NMR). |
| <S3> | Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/772 6109-10 06-SEP-1945 (NMR). |
| <S4> | Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1947. RAF CPE/UK/2003 5089-90 14-APR-1947 (NMR). |
Related records
| 52499 | Related to: Site of World War Two spigot mortar emplacement (Monument) |