NHER 32634 (Monument record) - World War Two spigot mortar emplacement

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Summary

A World War Two spigot mortar emplacement survives at this location. It is visible on aerial photographs that were taken in 1949.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG33SE
Civil Parish	WALCOTT, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK
Former Civil Parish	xHAPPISBURGH, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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Common 1940 spigot mortar gun emplacement, flush with ground 5m west of pillbox (NHER 14147).
Information from member of the public [1]. See record form (S1) in file.
D. Walker (NLA), August 1996.

September 2004. Norfolk NMP.
Spigot mortar emplacement visible on aerial photographs (S2). The grid reference for this emplacement has been amended from TG 3680 3133 to TG 3681 3133. This emplacement, and the extant pillbox to its east, are associated with Happisburgh radar station (NHER 14147). It is only clearly visible on 1949 vertical aerial photographs (S2).
J. Albone (NMP), 10 September 2004.

Associated Sources (3)

--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF57927 Recording Form: [various]. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey Recording Form. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey.
<S2> SNF54371 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1949. RAF 541/378 3017-8 03-NOV-1949 (NMR).