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Large block on side of road with slot in it for barrier (made of old railway line and sleepers). A further block was removed c1980 for road widening and construction of footbridge.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/08/23)
Horizontal rail road block pillar at Bow Bridge (which was prepared for demolition), with 6pdr. anti-tank gun emplacement nearby [see UORN 1319]. The block reduced the road width from 22ft to 17ft 8ins. It was supported by 13 tetrahedra and 18 mines. The second pillar has been removed. [Information from David Hunt].
(Source: Letter 2001/05/08)
Road block at River Axe crossing. Companion block on other side of the road has been removed with road widening.
(Source: Field Visit 2000/08)


      

        Type of site
        ANTI TANK HORIZONTAL RAIL
      

      

        Location
        At W side of Bow Bridge (A35 road) over River Axe, just W of Axminster

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Axminster, Devon, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            SY 2899 9821
             (Scale: 1:25000
              )
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Good

      

      

        Materials
        
            Concrete Block
        
      

      

        Threats
        
            Type: Road construction (Medium Term) 
Detail: Road/bridge widening will threaten the remaining block.

        		
      

      

        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]. 

        		
      

      

        Attached Sheets
        (1) -sheet with copy photograph.

      

      

        Photographs
        
View of ANTI TANK HORIZONTAL RAIL - S0001326
         

     (3) - photocopy, print (site view), and DIGITAL image.  		
      

      

        Adjacent sites
        Gun emplacement (SY29NE/198) to S; Anti-tank ditch (267) and Pillbox (199) to N.

      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0001326

      

      

        Associated Identifier
        
            Devon SMR (ref: SY29NE/278)
        
      


      

        Event
        
            Construction, Between 1940 1941

            Field Visit, On 1996/08/23 

            Demolition, partial, During 1980 

            Field Visit, During 2000/08 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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