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Anti-tank blocks both to N and S of lane plotted from air photograph. These may be part of a roadblock or of the perimeter defences of Semington near the anti-tank ditch.
(Source: Air Photograph 1945/06/13)
Type of site | ANTI TANK BLOCK |
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Location | On Pound Lane, W of Semington. |
Area |
Semington, Wiltshire, England |
Grid reference |
ST 8923 6067
ST 8922 6063 |
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Removed |
Materials | Concrete |
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: | S0008681 |
Reference |
1999 Ironside's Line 106G/UK/377 (fr.3159) |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 |