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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)
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


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