Record Details
| NHER Number: | 36027 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Spigot mortar base |
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Summary
A concrete and steel base for a spigot mortar, a World War Two anti tank weapon. Dating to about 1940, it was part of the anti invasion installations constructed at the time.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 8625 4417 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF84SE |
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| Parish: | BURNHAM OVERY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
2000. Field Observation and Desk-based Assessment.
Site identified during archaeological assessment of Holkham Estate.
The lower part of a ?mortar spigot, about 1.8m high, with spigot surviving.
See report (S1) for further details.
K. Penn (NAU), 2 March 2001. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 28 April 2015.
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> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Penn, K. 2000. The Holkham Estate, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. Archaeological Survey (Final Report). Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 532. |
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