NHER 32434 (Monument record) - Site of World War Two spigot mortar emplacement

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Summary

The site of an anti-tank mortar emplacement. It is visible on 1945 aerial photographs but nothing can be seen today.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TF94NW
Civil Parish	WELLS NEXT THE SEA, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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Common spigot mortar gun emplacement, date 1940.
Situated on spit of lifeboat station. Now either buried or eroded.
Survey No. C3-10.
Information from [1]. See record form in file.
D. Walker (NLA), July 1996.

Originally located on NHER at NGR TF 9155 4555, the 1945 air photograph shows this at TF 9146 4556, with at least two slit trenches.
See NMP plot in file.
A. Miller (Suffolk County Council NMP)
D. Gurney (NLA), 13 February 2002.

Associated Sources (3)

--- SNF50505 Aerial Photograph: TF 91452.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
--- SNF50504 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/374 Frames 4062-3 (NMR).

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Wells-next-the-Sea (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Feb 18 2025 10:54AM