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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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