Record Details

NHER Number:18109
Type of record:Monument
Name:World War Two spigot mortar base

Summary

The concrete base of an anti tank mortar emplacement, with a steel pin in the top for mounting the weapon itself. Built in about 1940, it was part of the anti invasion defences of the time.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 1164 4184
Map Sheet:TG14SW
Parish:WEYBOURNE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

May 1982. Visited.
Mortar spigot.
In south side railway embankment, excavated in restoring line May 1982.
Concrete pillar with domed top and iron pole projecting.
Damage to side reveals construction around iron frame.
E. Rose (NAU), 28 May 1982.

June 1995. Still in place.
E. Rose (NAU), 29 June 1995.

See record form in file by source [1], who adds:
Common spigot mortar gun emplacement, date 1940. Situated on south side of railway embankment.
Survey No. D2-43.
D. Walker (NLA) July 1996.

February 1999.
Still Extant.
E. Rose (NLA), 1 March 1999.

May 2004. Norfolk NMP.
The spigot mortar emplacement was not visible on aerial photographs and therefore could not be mapped as part of the Norfolk NMP.
S. Massey (NMP), 28 May 2004.

Monument Types

  • SPIGOT MORTAR EMPLACEMENT (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1982. Hidden assets. 21 October.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.

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