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One 5ft diameter anti-tank cylinder, with a domed top, lying on its side near a field hedge.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/03/13)
Type of site | CYLINDER |
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Location | To the W of Whaddon Lane, just S of a poultry house. |
Area |
Semington, Wiltshire, England |
Grid reference |
ST 8787 6118
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Concrete |
Recorder | Foot, William (English Heritage Defence Areas Project) |
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: | S0016460 |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 2003/03/13 |