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Spigot mortar base with steel pin in the grounds of the Crows Nest Inn next to a greenhouse. The top of the base and the steel pin are flush to the ground surface.
(Source: Field Visit 1998/03/20)
Type of site | SPIGOT MORTAR EMPLACEMENT |
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Location | The Crows Nest Inn, Swarkestone. |
Area |
Swarkestone, Derbyshire, England |
Grid reference |
SK 368 284
(Scale: 1:25000
, 1981)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Concrete, Steel |
Recorder | Regan, A. J. (Pillbox Study Group) |
Defence grouping |
Western Command Stop Line No 5 - Tamworth to Burton-on-Trent and thence by River Dove to Ashbourne |
Attached Sheets | (2) two maps with features added. |
Photographs | (6) - 2 of spigot mortars and three of other feature locations now removed. |
Adjacent sites | Spigot Mortar 372283 |
DOB site reference: | S0000145 |
Reference |
1996 Anti-invasion defences of WWII |
Event |
Construction, After 1941/05 Field Visit, On 1998/03/20 Field Visit, On 1998/04/20 |