NHER 43303 (Monument record) - Site of World War Two spigot mortar emplacement north of Waveney Road, Southtown
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG50NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | GREAT YARMOUTH, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
March 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A World War Two spigot mortar emplacement is visible as a structure and earthwork on aerial photographs (S1)-(S2), centred at TG 5231 0610. Disturbance is visible in this area on aerial photographs taken in March 1944 (S3) suggesting that it was already in place by that date. It overlooked two anti tank obstacles and associated defences to its northwest and south (NHER 43304 and 42353 respectively) and was presumably intended as an outlying defence for these barricades and for the tracks, drains and bridges between them. The emplacement is not visible on more recent aerial photographs of the site, for example (S4), and may have been levelled.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 8 March 2006.
Associated Sources (4)
- <S1> SNF61696 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF HLA/698 3064-5 08-APR-1944 (NMR).
- <S2> SNF61294 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/726 5122-3 26-AUG-1945 (NMR).
- <S3> SNF57923 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF HLA/686 3205-6 02-MAR-1944 (NMR).
- <S4> SNF61697 Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1989. OS/89047 275-6 18-MAR-1989.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Dec 8 2010 11:23AM