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Anti-tank wall, with loopholes. A stone built wall 6ft wide and 9ft deep, of which 4ft is now below ground. It provides a significant barrier along some 50yds of the west highway approach to the railway bridge, on its S side. The wall is provided with loopholes, set alternatively high and low into wall.
[Information from John M. Harwood].
(Source: Field Visit )
Type of site | ANTI TANK WALL |
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Location | Love Lane, Whitby |
Area |
Whitby, Yorkshire, North, England |
Grid reference |
NZ 8850 1150
(Scale: 1:50000
, 1989)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Concrete Block |
Recorder | North Yorkshire Defence of Britain Survey (North Yorkshire Defence of Britain Survey) |
Defence grouping |
North Yorkshire coast defences - Coastal crust and hinterland defences |
DOB site reference: | S0010480 |
Associated Identifier | North Yorkshire SMR (ref: 58341) |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, In the period 1995 1999 |