NHER 32695 (Monument record) - Possible site of World War Two spigot mortar emplacement

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Summary

This is the reported location of a World War Two spigot mortar emplacement, although no surviving remains were identified during a survey undertaken in 1994. This led to the suggestion that it had most likely been destroyed, although it is possible that its location had been inaccurately recorded.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TL88SE
Civil Parish THETFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

April 1994. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey. Survey No. Q3-10.
Location of a World War Two spigot mortar emplacement which once covered Nuns' Bridges.
No remains could be identified during the survey. The structure has therefore possibly been demolished.
See (S1) for further details.
D. Walker (NLA) August 1996.
Updated H. Hamilton (NLA), 03 July 2008.

It is possible that the reported location of this spigot mortar emplacement was inaccurate. It should be noted that an extant spigot mortar emplacement has now been confirmed to lie approximately 125m to the north-west (NHER 67112), which much better fits the description of 'covering Nuns' Bridges'. This is one three extant spigot mortar emplacements in the vicinity of Nuns' Bridges - all of which lie in much closer proximity to the Nuns' Bridge Road (the others being NHERs 67110 and 67111).
P. Watkins (HES), 2 August 2024.

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  • <S1> Unpublished Document: Kent, P.. 1994. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey record form.

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Record last edited

Aug 2 2024 12:49AM

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