NHER 32357 (Monument record) - World War Two anti-tank emplacement

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Summary

There is an exceptionally well preserved 1940 Type 28a anti-tank emplacement for two anti-tank guns at this site. This World War Two spigot mortar gun emplacement has been up-ended and relocated on its side in a corner of the field, although it was probably originally sited to command approaches to the Three Holes Bridge.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF50SW
Civil Parish UPWELL, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Three Holes Bridge.

1940 type 28a anti-tank emplacement for two pdr anti-tank gun. Exceptionally well preserved.
Survey No. I2-3.
Second World War spigot mortar gun emplacement up-ended and relocated on side in corner of field. Probably originally sited to command approaches to the bridge.
Survey No. I2-2 (S1).
See record form in file by source. [1].
D. Walker (NLA), July 1996.

May 2026. HER Enhancement: Forestry Commission Project K.
The anti-tank emplacement (see above) is visible as an extant structure on aerial photographs from 2025 (S2).
The mapping for the site has been updated from a monument point to a monument polygon representing the position of the site as recorded on the Ordnance Survey Master Map and as visible on S2. The location of the previous monument point (centred at TF 5062 0026) likely represented location of the spigot mortar.
J. Powell (Norfolk County Council Environment Service), 01 May 2026

  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Recording Form: [various]. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey Recording Form. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey.
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: Bluesky International Ltd and Getmapping Plc. unknown. Aerial Photography for Great Britain (APGB) Orthophotographs. https://www.apgb.co.uk. Bluesky International Ltd APGB Imagery TF5000 30-APR-2025.

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Record last edited

May 11 2026 4:32PM

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