Monument record MCC5472 - WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), Police Station, Great Horkesley

Summary

Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed).

Location

Grid reference TL 9779 3073 (point)
Map sheet TL93SE
Civil Parish GREAT HORKESLEY, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Contemporary records state, “Spigot mortar position. Police Station. Garden at rear. Map ref. 427491”. (Mil.Ed.) <1>

An aerial photograph taken in May 1946 shows what may be the remains of this emplacement immediately off the NE corner of the police station in the rear garden. However, unusually for such emplacements which are octagonal, this appears as a rectangle with two exterior, but integral ammunition alcoves. From here, the gun would have covered the northern approach to the village.

In 2005, the police station is now two private houses, on the east side of The Causeway. Nothing of the emplacement is apparent in the rear garden of the northernmost house. It was not possible to access the southern house at the time of the site visit.<2>

See also <3> & <4>.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> LIST: unknown. 1968. War Time Contraventions 1968. Great Horkesley.
  • <2> AP: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1492-4032. May 1946.
  • <3> Unpublished document: Nash, Fred. 2007. SURVEY OF WORLD WAR TWO DEFENCES IN THE BOROUGH OF COLCHESTER. VOLUME 1. Volume 1.
  • <4> Unpublished document: Nash, Fred. 2007. SURVEY OF WORLD WAR TWO DEFENCES IN THE BOROUGH OF COLCHESTER. VOLUME 2. Volume 2.

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Record last edited

Jun 18 2020 8:03AM

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