Thesaurus Term/Concept: SPIGOT MORTAR EMPLACEMENT

Identifier 87142
Class MONUMENT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note A pit or emplacement surrounding a concrete pedestal, or 'thimble', which was used to mount a spigot mortar. Deployed by the Home Guard during WWII as an anti invasion measure.

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Instances/Examples (22)

Context Record
Monument Type MSF23700 10 Hawksmill Street (Monument)
Monument Type MSF31661 Area of Second World War practice trenches (Monument)
Monument Type MSF33607 Earthworks of zig zag trenches/possible spigot mortar and gun emplacements and other World War Two activity (Monument)
Monument Type MSX27440 Possible site of World War Two defences or shelters (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19194 Possible World War II spigot mortar emplacement. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF31660 Possible World War Two practice trenches (Monument)
Monument Type MSF31668 Possible World War Two practice trenches (Monument)
Monument Type MSX27298 Site of World War Two ground defences (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19267 Slit trenches and a gun emplacement of World War II date in Southwold (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26320 Spigot mortar emplacement. There was a tall pedestal (2.5ft - 3ft high); no bomb alcoves. DESTROYED: the site had gone by December 1996 owing to a de… (Monument)
Monument Type MSF25152 Undated N-S ditch and a spigot mortar emplacement, Kent Lodge (Monument)
Monument Type MSF37024 Undated pit, possibly the site of a Second World War spigot mortar emplacement (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19327 World War II date trenches and gun emplacement west of Lowestoft Road, Reydon (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19157 World War II gun emplacement, possibly a spigot moratar. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19336 World War II military features. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26105 World War II spigot mortaer emplacement covering a road bridge. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26138 World War II spigot mortar mount. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26119 World War II spigot mortar mounting. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26196 World War II spigot mortar pedestal. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26315 World War II spigot mortar position on the bank of the River Gipping. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26104 World War II spigot mortar position, Hadleigh Road, Ipswich. (Monument)
Monument Type MSX27483 World War Two earthworks (Monument)