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Roadblock. Serial no.63 [one source gives 33]. Cassini ref. 781058 [one source gives 780058]. Type - RSJ (steel beam). [see also UORN 16708].
(Source: Document 1943)
Roadblock consisting of five large concrete blocks. Plotted from air photograph.
(Source: Air Photograph 1941/06/27)
Type of site | ROADBLOCK |
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Location | Beach front road (A3055) near junction with Greystones Lane, Freshwater Bay. |
Area |
Freshwater, Isle of Wight, England |
Grid reference |
SZ 3477 8576
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Removed |
Materials | Concrete, Steel |
Recorder | |
Defence grouping |
Isle of Wight coastal defences - Defences of the coast of the Isle of Wight. |
DOB site reference: | S0016709 |
Reference |
1943 Plan to Defeat the Enemy 1941/08/24 214th Infantry Brigade Scheme for the Defence of the Isle of Wight 1941/06/27 S260/H6 (fr.35) |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 |