Record Details
| NHER Number: | 32487 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Rare type of World War Two gun emplacement |
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Summary
A rare type of a World War Two machine gun emplacement, which was buried or demolished in 1991.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 1021 1824 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG11NW |
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| Parish: | GREAT WITCHINGHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
THIS MACHINE GUN MOUNT WAS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED UNDER NHER 7747 (Lenwade Watermill).
A rare 1940/41 machine gun mount stood in the garden opposite Lenwade Mill until 1991 when it was either buried or demolished. The mount had a hollow tube instead of a solid pintel of a spigot mortar.
See (S1), Survey No. L2-2, in secondary file.
D. Walker (NLA), August 1996.
Monument Types
- GUN EMPLACEMENT (World War Two to Late 20th Century - 1939 AD to 1991 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. |
Related records
| 50682 | Related to: Site of World War Two spigot mortar emplacement (Monument) |
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