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Spigot mortar base standing almost upright in the sand, a few yards above normal high water mark and very close to [UORN 9101]. Recorder reports that last year this pedestal was not visible and must have been revealed by a change in the shape of the beach caused by wave action.
(Source: Field Visit 2000/06/15)
Spigot mortar pedestal on the beach, revealed at low tide. Presumably it has fallen from a previous position at the edge of the sand dunes, but still stands upright.
(Source: Field Visit 2002/07/29)


      

        Type of site
        SPIGOT MORTAR EMPLACEMENT
      

      

        Location
        A few yards E of dunes on the beach, Winterton-on-Sea.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            TG 49925 19839
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Fair

      

      

        Materials
        
            Concrete, 
            Steel
        
      

      

        Threats
        
            Type: Coastal erosion (Immediate) 
Detail: This site is being daily washed by the sea.

        		
      

      

        Recorder
        Dennett, David
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 Norfolk coast defences - Coastal crust defences 

        		
      

      

        Photographs
        
View of SPIGOT MORTAR EMPLACEMENT - S0012537
         

     (1) - site view (DIGITISED).  		
      

      

        Adjacent sites
        [See UORN 9101].

      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0012537

      


      

        Event
        
            Field Visit, On 2002/07/29 

            Construction, After 1941/05 

            Field Visit, On 2000/06/15 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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