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Length of machine-dug anti-tank ditch protecting the Whaddon defended locality, and the junction of the GHQ Lines Green and Blue, from attack from the south. It had been infilled by mid-1945.
(Source: Air Photograph 1945/06/13)
Type of site | ANTI TANK DITCH |
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Location | Running from the River Avon at Whaddon Farm to the Semington Brook at Whaddon Grove Farm. |
Area |
Semington, Wiltshire, England |
Grid reference |
ST 8795 6135
ST 8847 6131 ST 8785 6153 ST 8851 6135 |
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Infilled |
Materials | Earthwork |
Recorder | |
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). |
DOB site reference: | S0016449 |
Reference |
1945/06/13 106G/UK/377 (fr.4041) |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 |