Record Details
| NHER Number: | 52499 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of World War Two spigot mortar emplacement |
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Summary
A World War Two spigot mortar emplacement is visible as an earthwork and structure on 1940s aerial photographs. It is one of a number of World War Two defences evident in this area (NHER 52498, 32530), and was presumably sited to protect the approach to and/or from the river crossing at Keswick mill approximately 150m to the northwest. Whether any trace of the site still survives today is not known.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 2124 0502 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG20NW |
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| Parish: | KESWICK, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
November 2009. Norfolk NMP.
A World War Two spigot mortar emplacement is visible as an earthwork and structure on aerial photographs (S1)-(S2), centred at TG 2124 0502. Although earlier aerial photographic coverage for this area exists (S3), the emplacement is not visible, although the photographs are not particularly clear and it may have been in existence by this date. It is one of a number of World War Two defences evident in this area (NHER 52498, 32530), and was presumably sited to protect the approach to and/or from the river crossing at Keswick mill approximately 150m to the northwest. Although the emplacement remains visible on some post-war 1940s aerial photographs (for example (S4)), its present condition is not known.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 30 November 2009.
Monument Types
- PEDESTAL (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- SPIGOT MORTAR EMPLACEMENT (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/772 6005-6 06-SEP-1945 (NMR). |
| <S2> | Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1606 6068-9 27-JUN-1946 (NHER TG 2105A-B). |
| <S3> | Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1942. RAF HLA/447 2118-9 30-APR-1942 (NMR). |
| <S4> | Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1947. RAF CPE/UK/2063 5020-1 14-MAY-1947 (NMR). |
Related records
| 52498 | Related to: Site of World War Two road block at Keswick Mill (Monument) |
| 32530 | Related to: World War Two Home Guard shelter (Monument) |