5 Inch Spigot Mortar
5 Inch Spigot Mortar is a memorial in Thetford, Breckland District, England. 5 Inch Spigot Mortar is situated nearby to Thomas Paine Hotel, as well as near the museum In the Footsteps of Thomas Paine.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ancient House Museum and Thomas Paine Hotel.
King’s House
Town hall
Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
King’s House is a town hall, which is situated 480 feet south of 5 Inch Spigot Mortar.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Barnham and Euston.
Barnham
Village
Photo: Keith Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barnham is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of the English county of Suffolk about 3 miles south of Thetford and 9 miles north of Bury St Edmunds on the A134. Barnham is situated 2½ miles south of 5 Inch Spigot Mortar.
Euston
Village
Photo: Ron Strutt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Euston is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England, on the A1088 two miles south of Thetford. Euston is situated 3 miles southeast of 5 Inch Spigot Mortar.
Elveden
Hamlet
Photo: Geoff Pick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Elveden is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. In 2005 it had a population of 270. The village is bypassed by the A11 between Cambridge and Norwich, which ran through the centre of the village prior to 2014. Elveden is situated 3½ miles southwest of 5 Inch Spigot Mortar.
5 Inch Spigot Mortar
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “In the corner of this garden is a large block ofconcrete with a bright steel pin in it. These concrete blocks can be found all around Thetford and were the mountings for 5‘ mortars. They formed part of the town’s defences in WW2...”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Thetford, Breckland District, Norfolk, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.41583° or 52° 24′ 57″ northLongitude
0.74787° or 0° 44′ 52″ eastOpen location code
9F42CP8X+84OpenStreetMap ID
node 6722837853OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include In the Footsteps of Thomas Paine and Staniforth Thetford Tennis Club.
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