Record Details
| NHER Number: | 62603 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Undated mound - Possible Spigot Mortar |
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Summary
An undated mound with a hollow in the centre is seen as an earthwork on aerial photographs and visualised Lidar data. This feature could be a Second World War spigot mortar which may relate to a similar undated mound (NHER 62604) to the south east and may also relate to the Second World War activity at Didlington Hall (NHER 63067).
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 7721 9659 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL79NE |
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| Parish: | DIDLINGTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
November 2018. Breckland National Mapping Programme.
An undated mound with a hollow in the centre is seen as an earthwork on aerial photographs (S1) and visualised Lidar data (S2). This feature could be a Second World War spigot mortar which may relate to a similar undated mound (NHER62604) to the south east and may also relate to the Second World War activity at Didlington Hall (NHER 63067) .
J.Powell (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 12 November 2018.
Monument Types
- HOLLOW (Unknown date)
- MOUND (Unknown date)
- GUN EMPLACEMENT? (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- HOLLOW (World War Two - 1939 AD? to 1945 AD?)
- MOUND (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> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Vertical Aerial Photograph. RAF/3G/TUD/UK/101 RV 6098-6099 30-MAR-1946 (HEA Original Print). |
| <S2> | LIDAR Airborne Survey: Various. LIDAR Airborne Survey. LIDAR Ickburgh Forest Research 0.5m DTM 15-JUN-2015 (BNG Project, FC England, Fugro Geospatial). |
Related records
| 63067 | Part of: Second World War military activity at Didlington hall at High Ash training camp (Monument) |
| 62610 | Related to: Possible Second World War gun emplacement or spigot mortar (Monument) |
| 62614 | Related to: Site of Second World War huts (Monument) |
| 62498 | Related to: Site of Second World War huts (Monument) |
| 62499 | Related to: Site of Second World War huts (Monument) |
| 62604 | Related to: Undated mound - Possible Spigot Mortar (Monument) |