Record Details
| NHER Number: | 62735 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | World War Two Home Guard shelter |
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Summary
A standard Home Guard Shelter remains at this location. The shelter is located within a ring of fortification that surrounded this crossroads (see individual records for details).
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 9935 3374 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF93SE |
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| Parish: | THURSFORD, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Early 1990's. Defensive Structures Survey. E2-17.
A standard Home Guard Shelter remains at this location. It would have been used to store fodder and straw.
The shelter is located within a ring of fortification around this crossroads which included a ring of anti-tank obstacles (NHER 30787), two pillboxes (NHER 62733 and NHER 62734), a spigot mortar emplacement (NHER 62736), and a gun emplacement (NHER 30788).
Information from Survey Form (S1).
A sketch map of the location of this structure can be found on survey form E2-17 for NHER 32415.
This structure was previously recorded under NHER 30787.
Compiled by D. Walker (NLA), August 1996.
Updated H. Hamilton (HES), 03 May 2019.
February 1999. Field Observation.
The Home Guard shelter remains in good condition. The doors have been removed and the two viewing slits in the north wall have been boarded up.
Information from site visit notes (S2).
Compiled by J. Allen (NLA), 15 February 1999.
Monument Types
- HOME GUARD SHELTER (World War Two - 1939 AD? to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Recording Form: [various]. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey Recording Form. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey. |
| <S2> | Unpublished Document: Allen, J.. 1999. Site Visit Notes. Thursford 30787 and 30788.. Site visit report. 05 February. |
Related records
| 62734 | Related to: Site of World War Two pillbox (Monument) |
| 62736 | Related to: Site of World War Two spigot mortar emplacement (Monument) |
| 30787 | Related to: World War Two Anti Tank Obstacles (Monument) |
| 30788 | Related to: World War Two gun emplacement (Monument) |
| 62733 | Related to: World War Two pillbox (Monument) |