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22 x steel rails set vertically in two rows rising up the railway embankment on the east side of the Cwm Gwili. forming railblock. Three rails also survive in the river.
(Source: Field Visit 1998/10)
Type of site | ANTI TANK VERTICAL RAIL |
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Location | Tafarn-y-Roc, Cynwyl Elfed. |
Area |
Newchurch, Carmarthenshire, Wales |
Grid reference |
SN 3904 2590
(Scale: 1:25000
)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Concrete, Steel |
Recorder | Thomas, Roger J.C. (Carmarthen Stop Line survey) |
Defence grouping |
Western Command: Carmarthen Stop Line - The line runs S-N along the Afon Tywi (River Towy) and the Afon Duad, from the mouth of the Afon Tywi to Carmarthen, thence to Cynwyl Elfed, Rhos, Henllan and Llangeler. From this point it continues N to Llangranog, via Rhydlewis |
DOB site reference: | S0011510 |
Reference |
1946/07/07 106G/UK/1625, frames 5116-5118; 5119-5120 |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, During 1998/10 |