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Spigot Mortar Emplacement, Farnham Park is a Second World War defensive installation constructed to counter the threat of German invasion during 1940-1941. The emplacement was designed to mount a spigot mortar, a relatively simple, low-cost anti-tank weapon that could be rapidly deployed across the British countryside as part of the Home Guard's defensive arsenal. Located within Farnham Park in Surrey, the structure represents the extensive network of field fortifications and anti-invasion preparations that characterised the Home Defence scheme during the critical early years of the war. The emplacement survives as a concrete foundation and supporting structure that demonstrates the practical engineering response to wartime strategic vulnerability.
Spigot Mortar Emplacement, Farnham Park is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1444575. View the official record →
Spigot Mortar Emplacement, Farnham Park is a Second World War defensive installation constructed to counter the threat of German invasion during 1940-1941. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1444575.
Spigot Mortar Emplacement, Farnham Park is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1444575.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 100m east of Forest Cottage (2.9 km), Bowl barrow 180m south east of Forest Cottage (3 km), Bridge, north end of Tilford Green (4.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Spigot Mortar Emplacement, Farnham Park's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Spigot Mortar Emplacement, Farnham Park stands on Gault Formation And Upper Greensand Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is mudstone, sandstone and limestone.