Record Details

NHER Number:32622
Type of record:Monument
Name:World War Two Home Guard shelter

Summary

A World War Two Home Guard shelter, now used as a donkey stable.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 2988 3047
Map Sheet:TG23SE
Parish:NORTH WALSHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Common World War Two Home Guard Shelter situated in corner of meadow on south side of River Ant.
Survey No. H1-1.
Information from [1]. See record form in file.
D.Walker (NLA, August 1996.

February 2006
The location of this shelter has been corrected from TG 300 305 to TG 2988 3048. Still extant February 2006 as standard Home Guard shelter but unusually buried in side of large earth mound acting as camouflage. Was earth obtained from adjacent pond which is of 20th century origin? Now in use as a donkey stable.
E. Rose (NLA), 22 February 2006

Monument Types

  • HOME GUARD SHELTER (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

<S1>Secondary File: Secondary File.

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