Record Details

NHER Number:23519
Type of record:Monument
Name:World War Two spigot mortar emplacement

Summary

A World War Two spigot mortar emplacement stands next to the coastal path.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 7221 4440
Map Sheet:TF74SW
Parish:THORNHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

At junction of three banks.
Mortar/machine gun spigot.
E. Rose (NAU), April 1987.

See (S1) in file by source [1], who adds:
Common, 1940 spigot mortar gun emplacement situated by coastal path and junction of 3 banks.
Survey No. B1-14.
D. Walker (NLA), July 1996.

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.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Recording Form: [various]. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey Recording Form. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey.

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