Record Details
| NHER Number: | 32530 |
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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 World War Two Home Guard shelter survives as an extant structure at Keswick Mill. It has been visited on the ground, is depicted by modern Ordnance Survey maps, and is visible on aerial photographs dating from the 1940s onwards. It is one of a number of World War Two defences visible in this area (NHER 52498, 52499), presumably sited to protect the river crossing at Keswick Mill approximately 65m to the northwest.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 2121 0509 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG20NW |
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| Parish: | KESWICK, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Common 1940 Home Guard Shelter in garden behind cottage.
See (S1).
D. Walker (NLA), July 1996.
November 2009. Norfolk NMP.
NMP mapping has led to the alteration of the central grid reference of the site from TG 2120 0509 to TG 2121 0509.
The World War Two Home Guard shelter described above is visible as an extant structure on aerial photographs (S2)-(S5), centred at TG 2121 0509. It is also depicted on modern Ordnance Survey maps. The Defence of Britain database record (S6) and NMR record (TG 20 NW 526) for the site state that it was constructed during the period 1940-1, and it may be visible on the earliest consulted aerial photographic coverage for the area (S2), although the photographs are not clear enough to be certain. It is one of a number of World War Two defences visible in this area (NHER 52498, 52499) which were presumably sited to protect the river crossing at Keswick Mill approximately 65m to the northwest. The shelter may indicate that the Home Guard manned the road block (NHER 52498) 30m to the northwest, or the spigot mortar emplacement (NHER 52499), a weapon typically associated with the Home Guard, 25m to the southeast. A possible earth-covered air raid shelter is visible approximately 5m to its north on the 1945 aerial photographs (S3) but its identification was not certain enough to warrant mapping it.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 30 November 2009.
Monument Types
- (Former Type) PILLBOX (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- HOME GUARD SHELTER (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Recording Form: [various]. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey Recording Form. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey. |
| <S2> | Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1942. RAF HLA/447 2118-9 30-APR-1942 (NMR). |
| <S3> | Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/772 6005-6 06-SEP-1945 (NMR). |
| <S4> | Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1947. RAF CPE/UK/2003 5089-90 14-APR-1947 (NMR). |
| <S5> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: 1988. NHER TG 2105K-N (NLA 197/DSB11-14) 17-MAR-1988. |
| <S6> | Website: Council for British Archaeology. 2002. Defence of Britain database. http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/specColl/dob/index.cfm. |
Related records
| 52499 | Related to: Site of World War Two spigot mortar emplacement (Monument) |
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