Record Details
| NHER Number: | 36662 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | World War Two spigot mortar emplacement |
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Summary
In 2001 a World War Two spigot mortar emplacement, part of the Acle defences, was noted on this site.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 41299 11674 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG41SW |
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| Parish: | UPTON WITH FISHLEY, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
2001.
Spigot mortar emplacement in car park. The World War Two remains around Acle constitute a system of national importance.
See (S1).
D. Gurney (NLA), 27 December 2001.
Still extant and in good condition but no longer in car park – now in grass area next to office.
E. Rose (NLA), 15 January 2007.
Monument Types
- SPIGOT MORTAR EMPLACEMENT (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Photograph: Kent, P.. 1994. KHG 11. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Newspaper Article: Great Yarmouth Mercury. 2002. Acle-A place of most resistance. 1 November. |
| <S1> | Unpublished Document: Council for British Archaeology. 2001. Defence of Britain Project: Acle (Defence Area 3).. |
Related records
| 49405 | Part of: Site of World War Two defences at Acle Bridge (Monument) |
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