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A zig-zag of concrete square bases with central circular voids - probably the remains of a roadblock.
(Source: SMR 2001)
Type of site | ANTI TANK VERTICAL RAIL |
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Location | On the N edge of Victoria Park, Newbury. |
Area |
Newbury, Berkshire, England |
Grid reference |
SU 473 676
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Period | WW2 |
Condition | Unknown |
Materials | Concrete |
Recorder | [Unknown] ([Unknown]) |
Defence grouping |
Newbury nodal point - The defences of Newbury on the GHQ Blue Line. The defences were developed as a nodal point because Newbury was considered an important centre of regional road communications (July 1940). During 1941 it was reclassified as a Category B anti-tank island. It is shown as an anti-tank island on the map of the 'Southern Command Home Defence Programme 1940' - PRO WO 199/48. |
DOB site reference: | S0015393 |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 |