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4 anti-tank pimples, constructed of concrete. They may have been intended to block the actual railway line, rather than standing in their current position at the side of the line. Site also visited by W.W. Hanna (description confirmed).
(Source: Field Visit 1996/01/09)
4 x anti-tank 'bollards'.
(Source: Book 1999)


      

        Type of site
        PIMPLE
      

      

        Location
        At the E end of the railway bridge over the River Avon, on the S side of the railway nr. Bradford on Avon Station.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            ST 8231 6062
             (Scale: 1:25000
              , 1979)
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Good

      

      

        Materials
        
            Concrete
        
      

      

        Recorder
        Harvey, Gerald
      

      

        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. 

        		
      

      

        Attached Sheets
        (2) - sheet of attached photographs and site location map.

      

      

        Photographs
        
     (2) - attached to sheet: see also p98 'Ironside's Line'.  
      

      

        Adjacent sites
        Pillbox at ST 823605.

      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0000168

      

      

        Reference
        
             1999 Ironside's Line

             1999 Warwalks: Stop Line Green

        		
      


      

        Event
        
            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

            Field Visit, On 1996/01/09 

            Field Visit, During 1995 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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