Record Details
| NHER Number: | 42524 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | A World War Two spigot mortar emplacement on Sidegate Road |
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Summary
A World War Two spigot mortar emplacement was recorded on the east side of Sidegate Road by the Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey. This is possibly visible on the aerial photographs, although the structure is not particularly clear. This spigot mortar emplacement forms part of a much wider network of defences, which consists of a long distance anti-tank ditch, barbed wire obstruction, roadblocks, pillboxes and gun emplacements, see NHER 42262 for details. Some of these structures survive and have been recorded by the Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey, see NHER 42522- 42530.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 51493 00859 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG50SW |
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| Parish: | HOPTON ON SEA, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
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Full description
SITE WAS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED UNDER NHER 11788 (context 16).
October 1995. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey No. RDS-56. 100m south of Sidegate Farm, Woodfarm Lane.
On east side of road.
World War Two spigot mortar base.
See record form (S1) in file.
J. Allen (NLA), 8 August 2006.
February 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A World War Two spigot mortar emplacement was recorded on the east side of Sidegate Road by the Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey (S1). This is possibly visible on the aerial photographs, although the structure is not particularly clear (S2). This structure forms part of a much wider network of defences, which consists of a long distance anti-tank ditch, barbed wire obstruction, roadblocks, pillboxes and gun emplacements, see NHER 42262 for details. Some of these structures survive and have been recorded by the Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey, see NHER 42522- 42530.
At TG 5150 0088 is a possible spigot structure projecting out of the field boundary in 1945 (S2), although the concrete base cannot be seen particularly clearly. It is possible that it has been camouflaged. This location is also slightly to the north of the point given by the Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey (S1), although this is only likely to have been an approximate location. However near to this more southern point is a tree within the field boundary, so it is also possible that the spigot mortar emplacement base recorded on the ground is hidden by the tree foliage on the aerial photographs.
S. Massey (NMP), 15 February 2006.
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. |
| <S1> | Recording Form: [various]. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey Recording Form. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey. |
| <S2> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/726 5004-5 26-AUG-1945 (NMR). |
Related records
| 42262 | Part of: World War Two coastal and invasion defences (Monument) |
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