NHER 52499 (Monument record) - Site of World War Two spigot mortar emplacement
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG20NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | KESWICK, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
November 2009. Norfolk NMP.
A World War Two spigot mortar emplacement is visible as an earthwork and structure on aerial photographs (S1)-(S2), centred at TG 2124 0502. Although earlier aerial photographic coverage for this area exists (S3), the emplacement is not visible, although the photographs are not particularly clear and it may have been in existence by this date. It is one of a number of World War Two defences evident in this area (NHER 52498, 32530), and was presumably sited to protect the approach to and/or from the river crossing at Keswick mill approximately 150m to the northwest. Although the emplacement remains visible on some post-war 1940s aerial photographs (for example (S4)), its present condition is not known.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 30 November 2009.
Associated Sources (4)
- <S1> SNF75478 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/772 6005-6 06-SEP-1945 (NMR).
- <S2> SNF75482 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1606 6068-9 27-JUN-1946 (NHER TG 2105A-B).
- <S3> SNF75477 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1942. RAF HLA/447 2118-9 30-APR-1942 (NMR).
- <S4> SNF75483 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1947. RAF CPE/UK/2063 5020-1 14-MAY-1947 (NMR).
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (2)
Record last edited
Jan 30 2026 3:56PM