Site of Second World War home guard shelter on Purleigh Mount, Purleigh (EHER 81713)

Now destroyed. The site of a home guard shelter on the top of Purleigh Mount (EHER 7711) which consisted of an underground, mainly wooden, structure and has since been filled in.

July 1987. Field survey. The modern disturbance on the top of Purleigh Mount (EHER 7711) is the result of the construction of a home guard shelter. Although recently filled in, the entrance is still discernible as a trench-like affair on the west side of the mound, and debris is widely scattered. <1> September 2009. Site visit. A visit to inspect the Second World War feature which was locally thought to have been a supply cache built by the home guard. The owner (for the last 30 years) remembers an underground, mainly wooden, structure, possibly with a flat roof, which could be entered. It is not thought, by Nash, to be a British Resistance 'Auxiliary' site due to the very limited wooded cover, no means of escape, and the nature of a wooden structure rather than a Nissen hut. The feature was filled in by the present owner some years ago for safety reasons. It now appears as a significant depression, with a hole possibly dug by rabbits or foxes. There is no wood, metal or brickwork visible. <2>