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Anti-tank ditch, part of the defences of the Runfold / Aldershot / Ash stop line [shown on German map of British defences].
(Source: Map 1941)
Type of site | ANTI TANK DITCH |
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Location | E of Farnham towards Seale, then N to Ash. |
Area |
Seale and Sands, Surrey, England |
Grid reference |
SU 861 470
(Scale: 1:50000
, 1941)
SU 867 473 SU 873 472 SU 874 472 SU 876 474 SU 880 477 SU 889 480 SU 889 482 SU 891 490 SU 888 496 SU 892 501 SU 890 506 SU 892 507 SU 893 512 SU 892 513 (Scale: 1:50000 , 1941) |
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Infilled |
Materials | Earthwork |
Recorder | |
Defence grouping |
Aldershot Command: Farnborough / Aldershot stop line - Stop line (known as a switch line) as part of the perimeter defences of Aldershot running S from Ash Vale to join the GHQ Line at Farnham [Source: Aldershot Command memorandum CRAC No.4 4/2997/55 (G), 17 July 1940 - PRO WO 199/55).
It may have been extended to Woking. |
DOB site reference: | S0011676 |
Reference |
1941/06/01 Sheet (Blatt) 124 |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Infill, In the period 1944 1950 |