Record Details

NHER Number:32694
Type of record:Monument
Name:World War Two spigot mortar emplacement

Summary

A World War Two spigot mortar emplacement once stood at this location, north of the roundabout. No structural remains could be located during a survey in 1994, indicating that is has likely been destroyed.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TL 8798 8295
Map Sheet:TL88SE
Parish:THETFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

April 1994. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey. Survey No. Q3-12.
A 1940 spigot mortar gun emplacement once stood at this location, north of the roundabout.
No remains could be located during the survey, indicating that the structure has likely been demolished.
See (S1) for further details.
D. Walker (NLA) August 1996.
Updated H. Hamilton (NLA), 03 July 2008.

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Unpublished Document: Kent, P.. 1994. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey record form.

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