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Remains of revetment to create an 'artificially improved' anti-tank ditch from a natural waterway. The river bank still has remains of upright timber planking, with some metal strapping extant, to form vertical face to river bank.
(Source: Field Visit 1998/08/22)
Type of site | ANTI TANK DITCH (NATURAL IMPROVED) |
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Location | At Cowbridge Farm, on S bank of River Avon on E outskirts of Malmesbury. |
Area |
Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England |
Grid reference |
ST 9430 8689
(Scale: 1:63360
, 1967)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Earthwork, Wood |
Recorder | Lowry, Bernard (Defence of Britain Project) |
Defence grouping |
GHQ Line: Green - Stop Line - Burnham on Sea to near Melksham (where it joins with the GHQ Line: Blue) and then north to the River Severn at Newnham. This line is also known as the Bristol Outer Line.
Manned by VIII Corps. Malmesbury anti-tank island - The defences of Malmesbury anti-tank island [see, McKay, E.A. (Maj.), 'The History of the Wiltshire Home Guard']. |
Adjacent sites | Nearby pillbox at ST 943866: other sites on the Green Line stop line. |
DOB site reference: | S0000131 |
Reference |
Loopholes No 4 & 5: The Green Line 1999 Warwalks: Stop Line Green |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1998/08/22 |