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Spigot mortar mounting set in to 24in concrete drainage pipe. Domed top with stainless steel spigot and mild steel plate.
(Source: Field Visit 1997/10/06)
Spigot mortar pedestal next to a pillbox constructed within the shell of an old wind pump [see UORN 2348].
(Source: Book 1995)
Spigot mortar pedestal, almost entirely overgrown in a position in front of fortified windmill shell that is difficult of access.
(Source: Field Visit 2002/07/29)


      

        Type of site
        SPIGOT MORTAR EMPLACEMENT
      

      

        Location
        On E side of River Ant, N of Ludham Bridge.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Ludham, Norfolk, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            TG 3718 1722
             (Scale: 1:50000
              )
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Fair

      

      

        Materials
        
            Concrete, 
            Steel
        
      

      

        Threats
        
            Type: Plant growth (Long Term) 
Detail: The spigot mortar pedestal is very overgrown.

        		
      

      

        Recorder
        Farthing, Geoff (Pillbox Study Group)
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 Eastern Command: II Corps Demolition Belt FI - Built as demolition belt formed entirely by the River Bure from Great Yarmouth to Ingworth. By 13 July 1940 19 bridges had been prepared for demolition (14 road, 5 railway). No pillboxes were ordered but Acle, Coltishall, and Aylsham were defended as nodal points (see relevant groups). 

 
 Ludham nodal point - Defences of Ludham category 'B' nodal point in No.4 region. Cassini ref. G82. [Source: List of Nodal Points in Eastern Command, 1940 - PRO WO 199/544]. 

        		
      

      

        Photographs
        
View of SPIGOT MORTAR EMPLACEMENT - S0002347
         

     (3) - site views, and close-up (1 DIGITISED).  		
      

      

        Adjacent sites
        Loopholed windmill at TG 372172

      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0002347

      

      

        Original Reference
        7676
      

      

        Reference
        
             1999/11 Silent Sentinels: The story of Norfolk's fixed defences during the twentieth century

             1985 Pillboxes: A Study of UK Defences

             1995 Norfolks Fixed Defences in the Two World Wars

             1995 Eastern Daily Press Images of Norfolk

        		
      


      

        Event
        
            Field Visit, On 1996/06/01 

            Construction, After 1941/05 

            Field Visit, On 2002/07/29 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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