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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 |