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Two Spigot Mortar positions: one on west side of bridge by railway car park, the other on east side in Causeway Lane (now the site of Allday's Store).
Anti-tank gun on a ramp: opposite bridge (now site of Allday's Store).
Road block: on bridge 12ft steel girders set in to sockets.
Bridge also mined.
(Source: Field Visit 1997/09)
Type of site | ANTI INVASION DEFENCE SITE |
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Location | Matlock Bridge, crossing of the River Derwent. |
Area |
Matlock Town, Derbyshire, England |
Grid reference |
SK 2978 6018
(Scale: 1:25000
, 1994)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Removed |
Recorder | Lowry, Bernard (Defence of Britain Project) |
DOB site reference: | S0000176 |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1997/09 |