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Roadblock plotted from air photograph, with four anti-tank blocks between the two carriageways of the road, with four more on the W side and at least two on the E. [By August 1944 the roadblock had been removed].
(Source: Air Photograph 1941/04/16)
Site of roadblock plotted from German map.
(Source: Map 1941/06/01)
Field visit confirms no survival.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/12/09)


      

        Type of site
        ROADBLOCK
      

      

        Location
        On London Road (A24), just S of drive to 'Boxlands', N of Dorking.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Dorking, Surrey, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            TQ 1705 5111
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Removed

      

      

        Materials
        
            Concrete
        
      

      

        Recorder
         (Defence of Britain Project)
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 GHQ Line (Berkshire/Hampshire/Surrey/Kent) - West - East section of GHQ Line running from Reading through Hampshire and West Surrey to  Kent (Leigh) following in part a line south of the North Downs. 

 
 Dorking Gap defences - Defences (associated with the GHQ Line) of the Dorking Gap (valley of the River Mole passing between the North Downs). 

        		
      

      

        Photographs
        
View of ROADBLOCK - S0016819
View of ROADBLOCK - S0016819
         

       		
      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0016819

      

      

        Reference
        
             1941/06/01 Sheet (Blatt) 124

             1941/04/16 26H/UK1452 (fr.4349)

        		
      


      

        Event
        
            Construction, By 1941/04 

            Destruction, By 1944/08 

            Field Visit, On 2003/12/09 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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