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 (39)

Context Record
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 MSF3005 Landguard Fort complex, post 1720 (PMed) (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19957 Manor House Battery (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 MSF47403 Second World War Spigot Mortar Emplacemement at Eye (Monument)
Monument Type MSF47390 Second World War Spigot Mortar Emplacement at Jude's Ferry Bridge, Worlington (Monument)
Monument Type MSF47405 Second World War Spigot Mortar Emplacement at Mendlesham (Monument)
Monument Type MSF47396 Second World War Spigot Mortar emplacement at Saddlers Cottage (Monument)
Monument Type MSF47400 Second World War spigot mortar emplacement at Sandymmount Covert, Dunwich (Monument)
Monument Type MSF47401 Second World War spigot mortar emplacement at Sandymmount Covert, Dunwich (Monument)
Monument Type MSF47402 Second World War spigot mortar emplacement at Sandymmount Covert, Dunwich (Monument)
Monument Type MSF47398 Second World War Spigot Mortar Emplacement at Santon Downham (Monument)
Monument Type MSF47404 Second World War Spigot Mortar Emplacement north east of Earl's Hall Farm (Monument)
Monument Type MSF47397 Second World War Spigot Mortar emplacement south of Dower House (Monument)
Monument Type MSF47611 Site of Second World War Spigot Mortar emplacement near Hall bridge, Long Melford (Monument)
Monument Type MSF47610 Site of Second World War Spigot Mortar emplacement near Petticoat Lane, Bury St Edmunds (Monument)
Monument Type MSF47607 Site of Second World War Spigot Mortar Emplacement on Landguard Common, Felixstowe (Monument)
Monument Type MSF47608 Site of Second World War Spigot Mortar emplacement, Needham Market (Monument)
Monument Type MSF47609 Site of Second World War Spigot Mortar emplacement, Needham Market (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 MSF23700 Two Second World War spigot mortar empacement at 10 Hawksmill Street (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 mortar. (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)