Record Details

NHER Number:32687
Type of record:Monument
Name:Site of World War Two spigot mortar emplacement

Summary

The site of an anti-tank mortar, now destroyed, that stood to the north of the River Wissey. One of a number of World War Two defences in this area.

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Location

Grid Reference:TL 7081 9951
Map Sheet:TL79NW
Parish:STOKE FERRY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

1940 spigot mortar gun emplacement once stood to north of River Wissey. Now destroyed.
Survey Number P2-2.
Information from [1]. See record form in file.
D. Walker (NLA), July 1996.

This is now a car parking area for the adjacent houses.
D. Gurney (HES), 27 October 2011.

Monument Types

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

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

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