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 (53)

Context Record
Monument Type MCC4070 WWII Kingswode Hoe defended area, Sussex Road, Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5494 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed) at rear of the windmill, Tiptree (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5493 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), “Milldene”, Tiptree (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5086 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), Albert Hotel, Cowdray Avenue, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5063 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), behind garage, East Hill, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5479 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), Birch Road, Heckfordbridge (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5482 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), Brickwall House, Layer-de-la-Haye (Monument)
Monument Type MCC10393 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), Broomfield Cottage, Mount Bures (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5475 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), Burnt Dick Hill, Boxted (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5533 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), Colchester Road, Wivenhoe (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5082 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), Cowdray Avenue, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5519 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), Dedham Mill, Dedham (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5524 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), E of Ipswich Road, Dedham (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5076 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), E of Masons Arclight Factory, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5096 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), E of Water Lane, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5152 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), field SW of Mount Bures level crossing, Mount Bures (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4092 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), Front garden, 3 Hillcrest Cottages, Abberton (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5100 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), Hilly Fields, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5057 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), Hythe Hill, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5067 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), Ipswich Road, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5523 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), island, Dedham Mill, Dedham (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5085 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), Junction Cowdray Avenue/North Station Road, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5485 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), N of “Mustows”, Laye-de-la-Haye (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5360 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), North of Cemetery, Mersea Rd, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5366 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), Old Heath Road, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5300 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), Park Road, Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5472 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), Police Station, Great Horkesley (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4093 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), Rear Garden, 4 Hillcrest Cottages, Abberton (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5099 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), S of Cymbeline Way, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5322 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), Shrub End Road, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5478 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), South of Gol Grove, Heckfordbridge (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5476 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), Straight Road, Boxted (Monument)
Monument Type MCC4090 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), The Gate Poultry Farm, Abberton (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5521 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), track E of Mill Lane, Dedham (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5492 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), Vine Road, Tiptree (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5097 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), W of Water Lane, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5129 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), Watch House Farm, Wakes Colne (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5114 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), West of New Bridge, West Bergholt (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5481 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement (destroyed), Wigborough Road, Layer-de-la-Haye (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5297 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement, 38 Lexden Road, Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5497 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement, Bowdens Cottage, Wormingford Bridge (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5498 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement, Bowdens Cottage, Wormingford Bridge (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5123 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement, Bridge House, Ford Street, Aldham (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5127 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement, Chappel Viaduct, Chappel (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5128 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement, Chappel Viaduct, Chappel (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5110 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement, E of New Bridge, Seven Arches Farm, Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5006 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement, East of Fordham Bridge (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5358 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement, Middlewick Ranges, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5359 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement, Middlewick Ranges, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5221 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement, N of Roman Way Camp, Berechurch, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5548 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement, Nightingale Corner, Laye-de-la-Haye (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5301 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement, sports ground, Park Road, Lexden, Colchester (Monument)
Monument Type MCC5010 WWII Spigot Mortar Emplacement, west of Fordham Bridge (Monument)