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Anti-tank cylinder.
(Source: Book 1999)
2 x anti-tank cylinders on S bank of canal. Constructed from drainage pipes filled with concrete, and with added domed top.
(Source: Field Visit 2000/08/26)
No sign during field visit.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/02/04)
2 x anti-tank blocks on either bank of the canal plotted from air photograph.
(Source: Air Photograph 1945/06/13)
Type of site | CYLINDER |
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Location | On banks of Kennet and Avon Canal, at Semington Aqueduct, Semington. |
Area |
Semington, Wiltshire, England |
Grid reference |
ST 8966 6094
(Scale: 1:50000
, 1997)
ST 8969 6093 |
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Unknown |
Materials | Concrete |
Threats |
Type: River bank erosion (Medium Term) Detail: River bank erosion will threaten the cylinders. |
Recorder | Farthing, Geoff (Pillbox Study Group) |
Defence grouping |
GHQ Line: Blue - Section of GHQ Stop Line running from near Melksham to Reading. Semington centre of resistance - The defences of Semington on the GHQ Blue Line. After 1940 the defences were developed as a Centre of Resistance (Nodal Point) manned by the 4th Bn. Wiltshire Home Guard. (South Wiltshire Sub Area, 1942 - PRO WO 166/6785). |
Photographs | (1) - site view. |
Adjacent sites | Type 22 pillbox to W at ST 895608. |
DOB site reference: | S0008685 |
Reference |
1999 Ironside's Line 106G/UK/377 (fr.3159) |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 2003/02/04 Field Visit, On 2000/08/26 |