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2 anti-tank cubes (5ft square and 5ft high) and 3 anti-tank cylinders - hidden in the hedge and undergrowth.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/08/26)
Two anti-tank cubes with pyramidal tops (5ft x 5ft x 7ft high), each set with an angle to the road. Each has an iron ring in this angle. Behind are three more blocks, overgrown.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/02/04)
Several anti-tank blocks on either side of farm road. Plotted from air photograph.
(Source: Air Photograph 1945/06/13)

Type of site CUBE
Location On the side of the narrow lane, partly in the hedge, directly opposite Whaddon Farm old main farmhouse.
Area Semington, Wiltshire, England
Grid reference ST 87960 61351
Period WW2
Condition Good
Materials Concrete
Threats Type: Plant growth (Long Term)
Detail: Some of the anti-tank blocks are overgrown.
Recorder Harvey, Gerald
Defence grouping GHQ Line: Blue - Section of GHQ Stop Line running from near Melksham to Reading.
Attached Sheets (2) - site location map and sheet of photographs.
Photographs View of CUBE - S0000172
(1) - on attached sheet.
Adjacent sites Part of a strongly defended area, with at least 5 pillboxes and 2 sets of anti-tank obstacles in an area 500 yards square. Anti-tank pillbox at ST 88066140.
DOB site reference: S0000172
Reference 1945/06/13 106G/UK/377 (fr.4040)
Event Construction, In the period 1940 1941
Field Visit, On 1996/08/26
Field Visit, On 2003/02/04


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