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Anti-tank cube half-buried.
(Source: Field Visit 1998)
Type of site | CUBE |
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Location | Under the N arch of the River Stour Bridge, Blandford Forum. |
Area |
Blandford Forum, Dorset, England |
Grid reference |
ST 8835 0610
(Scale: 1:50000
)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Concrete |
Recorder | Drew, R.T. |
Defence grouping |
Blandford anti-tank island - Anti-invasion defences of Blandford Forum (Western Command) anti-tank island.
[GHQ and Comd: Cassini U32. 5 Corps Operation Instruction No.41 of 5.9.40 - PRO WO 166/249]. |
Attached Sheets | (2) Site location maps |
Adjacent sites | Blandford Forum defences |
DOB site reference: | S0000122 |
Reference |
1987 The Defences of Blandford Forum: A Short History of the Second World War Defences |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, During 1998 |