tarboat's photos with the keyword: spigot mortar

Spigot mortar base at Windy Knoll overlooking the roads into Castleton in the Peak National Park. Mam Tor forms the background with Mam Nick on the left side. Presumably this was part of some form of defensive line in this area between Machester and Sheffield.

Spigot mortar base at Windy Knoll overlooking the roads into Castleton in the Peak National Park. The farmhouse to the right is at the top of the Winnats Pass whilst to the left is the now closed route of the Mam Tor road.

This spigot mortar mount in a quarry was a complete surprise. I can only surmise that it was built to allow the local Home Guard unit to practice with the weapon in a safe location.

Once again Jefferson does his best impression of a 29mm spigot mortar, this time on a base located on the coast at Thornham in Norfolk.

Jefferson does his best impression of a 29mm spigot mortar or Blacker Bombard ! The concrete cylinder with a stainless steel pin in the centre was constructed to mount this weapon for use in defending the Warburton Toll Bridge over the Manchester Ship Canal in WWII. The surrounding pit in which the three man crew and their store of ammunition would sit, has filled up with detritus over the nearly 70 years since it was abandoned.