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Railblock in good condition.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/10)
Rail block of the Taunton Stop Line. Sited where the railway line from Chard Junction to Axminster crosses the River Axe.
(Source: Field Visit 1995/07/12)
Railblock. Serial no. S.RL. 25. Cassini ref. 763239. 'E' Brigade Sector.
(Source: Document 1941/01/04)
Concrete blocks for railblock plotted from air photograph.
(Source: Air Photograph 1947/04/11)

Type of site RAILBLOCK
Location North of Broom Bridge, Holditch Lane, on NW side of River Axe.
Area Thorncombe, Dorset, England
Grid reference ST 3282 0271 (Scale: 1:10000 )
Period WW2
Condition Good
Materials Concrete
Recorder Horner, W.S. (Devon County Council (Sites and Monuments Record))
Defence grouping Southern Command: Taunton Stop Line - Stop line running N - S through Somerset and South Devon - from Highbridge to Seaton via Taunton.
Adjacent sites Concrete obstacle on embankment to SE of the railblock.
DOB site reference: S0000100
Reference 1947/04/11 CPE/UK/1974 (frs.4322-4323)
1941/01/04 Southern Area Operation Instruction No.5
1940 Taunton Stop Line: record map folios of Major F.B. Goodman R.E., D.C.R.E. Taunton
1940/12 Report on Taunton Stop Line
Event Field Visit, During 1996/10
Field Visit, During 1996/10
Construction, In the period 1940/06 1940/12
Field Visit, On 1995/07/12


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