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Anti-tank ditch of GHQ Line running to the SSE of central Cambridge. [Plotted from Luftwaffe air photo: RAF 1940 AP also available].
[There is no paper version of this record].
(Source: Air Photograph )
Type of site | ANTI TANK DITCH |
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Location | Area of Great Shelford and Stapleford, S of Cambridge. |
Area |
Stapleford, Cambridgeshire, England |
Grid reference |
TL 478 524
TL 484 527 TL 475 534 TL 474 536 TL 475 537 TL 473 545 TL 475 549 |
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Infilled |
Materials | Earthwork |
Recorder | |
Defence grouping |
Cambridge nodal point - Defences of Cambridge as part of GHQ Line (Cambridgeshire), anti-tank island and nodal point GHQ Line (Cambridgeshire and Peterborough) - Section running from the Essex / Cambridgeshire border to the Lincolnshire border. |
DOB site reference: | S0012289 |
Reference |
1940/09/20 2 SHT 85 920/26 18 1000 NE 1940/08/31 Panzerabwehrgraben sudl. Cambridge: Film 1044/40 Ausschnitt aus Bild 097 |
Event |
Construction, During 1940 Infill, In the period 1944 1947 |