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Length of artificial anti-tank ditch. Plotted from air photograph.
(Source: Air Photograph 1946/01/14)
Type of site | ANTI TANK DITCH |
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Location | Running from the Wellow Brook ESE to Hang Wood, Midford Valley. |
Area |
Hinton Charterhouse, Bath and North East Somerset, England |
Grid reference |
ST 7634 5957
ST 7652 5940 (Scale: 1:10560 ) ST 7666 5935 (Scale: 1:10560 ) |
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Infilled |
Materials | Earthwork |
Recorder | |
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. |
DOB site reference: | S0015362 |
Reference |
1946/01/14 3G/TUD/UK/25 (frs.5165-5166) |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Infill, In the period 1946 1950 |