Record Details
| NHER Number: | 62604 |
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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 in the 1940s on aerial photographs. The mound is not visible on recent air photos or lidar data which may suggest that the mound has been levelled. This feature could be a Second World War spigot mortar which may relate to a similar undated mound (NHER 62603) to the northwest and may also relate to the Second World War activity at Didlington Hall (NHER 63067). Furthermore, to the northeast of the mound there is a possible structure (NHER 62605) under the tree canopy which again may relate to the possible spigot mortar.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 7735 9635 |
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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 the 1940s aerial photographs (S1). The mound is not visible on recent air photos or lidar data which may suggest that the mound has been levelled. This feature could be a Second World War spigot mortar which may relate to a similar undated mound (NHER 62603) to the northwest and may also relate to the Second World War activity at Didlington Hall (NHER 63067). Furthermore to the northeast of the mound there is a possible structure (NHER 62605) under the tree canopy which again may relate to the possible spigot mortar.
J.Powell (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 13 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). |
Related records
| 63067 | Part of: Second World War military activity at Didlington hall at High Ash training camp (Monument) |
| 62605 | Related to: Possible undated building or hut (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) |
| 62603 | Related to: Undated mound - Possible Spigot Mortar (Monument) |