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Two rectangular loopholes, cut in Castle wall, over looking Grosvenor Bridge (River Dee).
(Source: Field Visit 1997/04/07)
Type of site | LOOPHOLED WALL |
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Location | Chester Castle, Chester |
Area |
Chester, Cheshire, England |
Grid reference |
SJ 405 656
(Scale: 1:50000
, 1986)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Stone |
Recorder | Lowry, Bernard (Defence of Britain Project) |
Defence grouping |
Western Command Stop Line No 8 - Shrewsbury to Newport and then to Nantwich. [Source: Western Command Operation Instruction no. 7, July 1940 - PRO WO 166/94]. City of Chester defences - |
DOB site reference: | S0000246 |
Reference |
1998/07 Site Gazetteer II: Wales |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1997/04/06 |