Record Details

NHER Number:34344
Type of record:Monument
Name:World War Two spigot mortar emplacement

Summary

A World War Two spigot mortar emplacement is located beside the A143. It is almost completely concealed.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TM 4448 9688
Map Sheet:TM49NW
Parish:HADDISCOE, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Mortar spigot almost flush with verge, by milestone.
Site form (S1) in file.
E. Rose (NAU), 15 April 1999.

June 2007. Norfolk NMP.
No definite sign of this spigot mortar emplacement could be identified on the aerial photographs during the NMP consultation. It is possible that it could be visible in 1944 (S2), although this is not certain.
S. Massey (NMP), 29 June 2007.

Monument Types

  • SPIGOT MORTAR EMPLACEMENT (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Photograph: Kent, P.. 2001. KHL 10.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Recording Form: [various]. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey Recording Form. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey.
<S2>Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF HLA/694 44121-2 26-MAR-1944 (NMR).

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