NHER 32447 (Monument record) - Site of World War Two spigot mortar base
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG02SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | NORTH ELMHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
A 1940 spigot mortar gun emplacement once stood south of old bridge in meadow.
It was removed about 1990.
Survey No. L1-12.
Information from [1]. See record form (S1) in file.
D. Walker (NLA), August 1996.
Grid reference corrected from original TG 0051 2004.
M. Horlock (NLA), 27 March 2003.
February 2007. Norfolk NMP.
The site of a World War Two spigot mortar emplacement dating to around 1940 is visible on aerial photographs to the south of the River Wensum at North Elmham (S2-3). The site is centred on TG 0047 2006. A second spigot mortar emplacement was positioned to approximately 50m to the northwest (NHER 32448), both defences would have defended the road and river crossings at Billingford/North Elmham parish border.
S. Massey (NMP), 29 February 2008.
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF54383 Unpublished Document: 1995. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey.
- <S2> SNF69842 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1427 4229-30 16-APR-1946 (NMR).
- <S3> SNF69843 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1428 4128-9 16-APR-1946 (NHER TG 0020A, TG 0020D).
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Record last edited
Jan 25 2011 10:01AM