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Anti-tank block, washed into river as a result of river bank erosion, and subsequently incorporated into river bank protection.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/09/01)
Type of site | ANTI TANK BLOCK |
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Location | On First Marls riverbank, Hunthay Farm, Axminster. |
Area |
Axminster, Devon, England |
Grid reference |
SY 2937 9855
(Scale: 1:25000
)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Removed |
Materials | Concrete |
Recorder | Newbery, J.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. Axminster anti-tank island - Defences of Axminster anti-tank island. Cassini ref. T7219. [Source: Southern Area Operation Instruction no.5, 4 Jan 1941 - PRO WO 166/1243]. |
Adjacent sites | Anti-tank obstacles upstream. |
DOB site reference: | S0001306 |
Associated Identifier | Devon SMR (ref: SY29NE/272/3) |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1996/09/01 |