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Spigot mortar pedestal close to pillbox, inscribed on top surface in wet concrete, 'Sgt. Rolfe'. Exceptionall high central steel pivot.
(Source: Field Visit 2004/12/23)
Type of site | SPIGOT MORTAR EMPLACEMENT |
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Location | On W side of pillbox [UORN 6334] on SW side of Jude's Ferry Bridge close to bank of River Lark. |
Area |
Worlington, Suffolk, England |
Grid reference |
TL 67698 74792
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Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Concrete, Steel |
Recorder | Foot, William (English Heritage Defence Areas Project) |
Defence grouping |
Eastern Command: Corps and Command Stop Lines - One of three Eastern Command Corps stop lines, this one running from the River Colne in Essex via Wakes Colne and Bures, along the River Stour to Sudbury and Long Melford, and thence to Bury St. Edmunds and the River Lark at Mildenhall. Its final stretch (known now as the Command Line) was via Littleport along the line of the River Great Ouse to King's Lynn. |
Photographs |
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DOB site reference: | S0016952 |
Event |
Construction, After 1941/05 Field Visit, On 2004/12/23 |