Record Details
| NHER Number: | 31707 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | World War Two spigot mortar emplacement at east end of village green |
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Summary
This World War Two mortar spigot emplacement was built in 1940. Its odd elliptical shape is due to faulty construction of this common design.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 9993 2555 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF92NE |
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| Parish: | GUIST, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
In edge of former pit, grassed over as village green.
Mortar spigot. Metal pintel remains on mostly buried concrete dome.
E. Rose (NLA), 8 January 1996.
Spigot mortar base, date 1940. Situated in trees at east end of village green. Odd, almost elliptical shape due to faulty
construction, but of a common design.
See (S1).
D. Walker (NLA), July 1996.
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. |
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