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1st Line 2 pr A/Tk gun position.'Don't dig down - this connects up both in front and behind mill' [?]. Serial no. H 76. Cassini ref. 311612.
(Source: Document 1941/11/14)
Type of site | ANTI TANK GUN POSITION |
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Location | 'Under sloe bush N of willow tree in W edge of water meadow' [1940 description], SE of Borley Hall. |
Area |
Borley, Essex, England |
Grid reference |
TL 860 428
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Removed |
Materials | Earthwork |
Recorder | |
Defence grouping |
Eastern Command: Corps and Command Stop Lines - One of three Eastern Command Corps stop lines, this one running from the River Colne in Essex via Wakes Colne and Bures, along the River Stour to Sudbury and Long Melford, and thence to Bury St. Edmunds and the River Lark at Mildenhall. Its final stretch (known now as the Command Line) was via Littleport along the line of the River Great Ouse to King's Lynn. Sudbury nodal point - Defences of Sudbury category 'A' nodal point in No.4 region. Cassini ref. M3259. [Source: List of Nodal Points in Eastern Command, 1940 - PRO WO 199/544]. |
DOB site reference: | S0016065 |
Reference |
1941/11/14 Suffolk Sub Area Defence Scheme |
Event |
Preparation, Before 1940/12 |