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Concrete block on east side of canal bridge. Next to block are two narrow gauge railway tracks. Lines which were possibly part of the original anti-tank system - emplaced upright in slots in bridge or sideways in block - bridge overgrown, so no sign of slots.
(Source: Field Visit 1995/09)
Type of site | CUBE |
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Location | Bridge 23 Macclesfield Canal, Pott Shrigley |
Area |
Pott Shrigley, Cheshire, England |
Grid reference |
SJ 927 794
(Scale: 1:63360
)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Concrete, Iron |
Recorder | Lowry, Bernard (Defence of Britain Project) |
Defence grouping |
Western Command Stop Line No 6 - Tamworth via Trent Valley, E side of Stoke-on-Trent, to Macclesfield and Stockport, thence to 6 miles SE of Manchester. |
Photographs | (2) - views of blocks |
DOB site reference: | S0000238 |
Reference |
1996 Anti-invasion defences of WWII |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1995/09 |