NHER 32699 (Monument record) - World War Two spigot mortar emplacement and weapon pit
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL88SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | THETFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
World War Two spigot mortar base and weapon pit.
A very rare weapon pit and spigot mortar gun emplacement. One of only two in Norfolk, it has a hexagonal pedestal and corrugated iron shuttering marks. Date 1940.
Survey No. Q3-2 (record form in file).
See (S1) for further details.
Accurately located from NLA aerial photographs (S2).
D. Walker (NLA) August 1996.
1998.
This structure now falls within the extended scheduled area of the priory, NHER 5748. It is not mentioned in the schedule description but neither is it listed among those features excluded.
E. Rose (NLA) 9 July 1998.
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Record last edited
Feb 7 2011 10:27AM