Record Details

NHER Number:31143
Type of record:Monument
Name:World War Two spigot mortar gun emplacement

Summary

A World War Two spigot mortar gun emplacement survives in a hedge to the west of the priory gatehouse. This common defensive structure dates to 1940 and was scheduled as part of the priory in 2001.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 7004 1214
Map Sheet:TF71SW
Parish:PENTNEY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Located in a hedge to the west of the priory gatehouse.
A spigot mortar emplacement survives here.
E. Rose (NLA) 7 April 1995.

See record form in file by source [1] who adds: that it is a common 1940 spigot mortar gun emplacement.
Recovered by survey No. J2-1.
D. Walker (NLA) July 1996.

2001. Site scheduled as part of priory.
See file NHER 3924.
D. Gurney (NLA) 23 January 2002.

Monument Types

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

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Secondary File: Secondary File.

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