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Spigot mortar base. Shuttered with wood planks: this has given a slightly faceted effect to the base.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/05)
Spigot mortar pedestal. Accessible in gardens of public house.
(Source: Field Visit 2001/06/27)


      

        Type of site
        SPIGOT MORTAR EMPLACEMENT
      

      

        Location
        By the river bank on the N side of the public house (Bridge Inn) which stands SE of Acle Bridge.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Acle, Norfolk, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            TG 41480 11633
             (Scale: 1:10000
              , 1984)
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Good

      

      

        Materials
        
            Concrete, 
            Steel
        
      

      

        Recorder
        Burden, Susannah
      

      

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

 
 Eastern Command: II Corps Demolition Belt FII - Built as demolition belt with pillboxes built only along the northern section. Developed under XI Corps. Originally 16 bridges were set out for demolition (14 road, 2 railway); this was later reduced to 14 by 17 July 1940. 

        		
      

      

        Attached Sheets
        (1) - sketch plan of site

      

      

        Photographs
        
View of SPIGOT MORTAR EMPLACEMENT - S0005470
         

     (1) - general view.  		
      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0005470

      

      

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

             1985 Pillboxes: A Study of UK Defences

        		
      


      

        Event
        
            Construction, After 1941/05 

            Field Visit, During 1996/05 

            Field Visit, On 2001/06/27 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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