NHER 57432 (Monument record) - Possible World War Two spigot mortar emplacement
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL98NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | ROUDHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
September 2012. Norfolk NMP.
A possible World War Two spigot mortar emplacement is visible on aerial photographs (S1-S10) just over 200m to the south of the World War Two training camp and depot on the site of the World War One airfield (NHER 12414).
The site is centred on TL 9826 8742 and consists of a square trench, containing what appears to be a concrete pin or base for a gun, surrounded by a soil bank. It differs from other spigot mortar emplacements in that there are no visible ammunition lockers to the side, but it does appear to contain a mounting for a gun, so has been recorded as a gun emplacement. However, it is still visible as an open trench as late as 1970 (S10), suggesting that it may have performed some other use.
E. Bales (NMP), 11 September 2012.
Associated Sources (10)
- <S1> SNF85181 Vertical Aerial Photograph: USAAF. 1944. US 7PH/GP/LOC 276 5035 18-APR-1944 (NMR).
- <S10> SNF85189 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1970. RAF 58/0475 123-4 05-MAY-1970 (NMR).
- <S2> SNF85182 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. RAF CPE/UK/59 5130-1 05-FEB-1946 (NHER TL9787A, C).
- <S3> SNF85183 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 3G/TUD/UK/59 5247-8 05-FEB-1946 (NMR).
- <S4> SNF85184 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G/UK/1707 3163-4 29-AUG-1946 (NMR).
- <S5> SNF85185 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF CPE/UK/1801 3091-2 25-OCT-1946 (NMR).
- <S6> SNF84927 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1947. RAF CPE/UK/1918 3105-6 09-JAN-1947 (NMR).
- <S7> SNF85186 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1950. RAF 541/512 4041-2 10-MAY-1950 (NMR).
- <S8> SNF85187 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1951. RAF 58/649 3145-6 23-APR-1951 (NMR).
- <S9> SNF85188 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1951. RAF 58/651 3277-8 24-APR-1951 (NMR).
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (1)
Record last edited
May 28 2020 2:20PM