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Artillery supporting the Taunton Stop Line was sited in this area to the N of Gardners Farm. [Information from Mr. Harris of Gardners Farm whose father told him].
(Source: Oral Account 1995/07/12)
Type of site | ARTILLERY GUN POSITION |
---|---|
Location | Fields N of Gardners Farm, Holditch Lane, Holditch, nr. Axminster. |
Area |
Thorncombe, Dorset, England |
Grid reference |
ST 334 028
(Scale: 1:10000
)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Removed |
Materials | Earthwork |
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. |
DOB site reference: | S0000102 |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 |