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Nearly 30 anti-tank obstacles, each about 4ft x 4ft x 4ft with pointed cap.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/08/01)
36 x anti-tank cubes in a single line. They are 5ft in dimension and have rounded pyramidal tops. Set face on to the river and approx. 1.5 metres apart. There are 11 further cubes just to the S.
(Source: Field Visit 1997/04/28)
Lines of anti-tank blocks plotted from air photograph.
(Source: Air Photograph 1947/04/11)
A line of anti-tank cubes with conical tops (each 3ft x 3ft x 4ft (high) running at edge of river. There are approx. 41 from the N to the mill race, and a further curving line of 11 to its S. [see also UORN 16428].
(Source: Field Visit 2003/01/14)


      

        Type of site
        CUBE
      

      

        Location
        On the bank of the River Axe opposite Weycroft Mill (off A358 road).

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Axminster, Devon, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            SY 3068 9999
             (Scale: 1:25000
              )
            

            SY 3062 9986
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Good

      

      

        Materials
        
            Concrete
        
      

      

        Threats
        
            Type: Flooding (Long Term) 
Detail: River Axe overflows occasionally at this spot.

        		
      

      

        Recorder
        Hayne, D. (Axminster Historical Society)
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 Southern Command: Taunton Stop Line - Stop line running N - S through Somerset and South Devon - from Highbridge to Seaton via Taunton. 

        		
      

      

        Attached Sheets
        (1) - photograph.

      

      

        Photographs
        
View of CUBE - S0001243
View of CUBE - S0001243
         

     (2) - site views (one xerox).  		
      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0001243

      

      

        Associated Identifier
        
            Devon SMR (ref: SY39NW/68)
        
      

      

        Reference
        
             1999/12 Dorset Attacked, Dorset Defended

             1947/04/11 CPE/UK/1974 (frs.1423-1424)

        		
      


      

        Event
        
            Field Visit, On 1996/08/01 

            Field Visit, On 1996/08/01 

            Construction, In the period 1940/12 

            Field Visit, On 1997/04/27 

            Field Visit, On 2003/01/14 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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