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6 x concrete anti-tank blocks, of the 'coffin' type, now set against brick wall but very probably moved from their original position. There is some variation in measurement between the blocks, the W end block being 4ft 8ins from ground to top on the sloping side and some 3ft wide.
(Source: Field Visit 2000/01/08)
6 x concrete anti tank blocks, with one side angled. Possibly moved from their original position.
(Source: SMR )


      

        Type of site
        COFFIN
      

      

        Location
        In a line against the 18th cent. brick boundary wall adjacent to the dovecote [a former pillbox] near edge of drive outside 'Burhlea' in grounds of Sherecroft gardens, Botley.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Botley, Hampshire, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            SU 5170 1300
             (Scale: 1:1250
              , 1999)
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Good

      

      

        Materials
        
            Concrete
        
      

      

        Recorder
        Wylie, A.E.
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 Botley anti-tank island - Anti-invasion defences of Botley (4 Division) anti-tank island.
[GHQ and Comd: Cassini U93. 5 Corps Operation Instruction No.41 of 5.9.40 - PRO WO 166/249]. 

        		
      

      

        Attached Sheets
        (1) - Hampshire defence line survey form 1989, with measured drawings. 

      

      

        Photographs
        
View of COFFIN - S0011703
         

     (2) - site views (1 DIGITISED).  		
      

      

        Adjacent sites
        4  pillboxes in the grounds of Sherecroft Gardens.

      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0011703

      

      

        Associated Identifier
        
            Hampshire SMR (ref: SU51 SW31)
        
      


      

        Event
        
            Field Visit, On 2000/01/08 

            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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