Record Details
| NHER Number: | 32441 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | World War Two spigot mortar emplacement in weapon pit |
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Summary
Field survey in 1996 recorded the presence of a very rare 1940 spigot mortar gun emplacement in a weapon pit. This very overgrown hexagonal emplacement was sited to protect the nearby bridge.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 0204 1859 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG01NW |
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| Parish: | SWANTON MORLEY, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
August 1995. Survey.
Very rare 1940 spigot mortar gun emplacement in Weapon pit (SM+WP/1). [1]
Very overgrown hexagonal emplacement sited to enfilade bridge.
Survey No. L1-7.
See record form (S1) in file.
D. Walker (NLA), August 1996.
March 2008. Norfolk NMP.
No sign of this defence was visible on aerial photographs during the ALSF NMP mapping.
S. Massey (NMP), 03 March 2008.
Monument Types
- SPIGOT MORTAR EMPLACEMENT (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- WEAPONS PIT (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Photograph: Kent, P.. 1995. KHK 23. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Recording Form: [various]. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey Recording Form. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey. |
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