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'Dragon's teeth' anti-tank concrete obstacles set on the slopes of Reigate Castle mound [original location?].
[Recorder Urquhart gives NGR - TQ 252504].
(Source: Field Visit 1996/10/02)
50 x anti-tank blocks. Pyramidal top on cube base, 3ft. sq. approx. On W side of Reigate Castle mound in crescent formation. Reinforced concrete, made with corrugated iron shuttering. In good condition, but some sunk in ground.
(Source: Field Visit 1993/09/09)
Type of site | CUBE |
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Location | W side of castle mound, Castle Park, Reigate. |
Area |
Reigate, Surrey, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 2511 5023
(Scale: 1:25000
, 1993)
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Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Corrugated Iron, Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Urquhart, Cyril |
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. Reigate nodal point - Defences of Reigate Category 'A' nodal point. Cassini ref. Q7069. [Source: List of Nodal Points in Eastern Command, 1940 - PRO WO 199/544]. |
Photographs | (1) - site view. |
Adjacent sites | Anti-tank cubes at TQ 253504.
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DOB site reference: | S0002564 |
Original Reference | 7895 |
Event |
Field Visit, On 1996/10/02 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1993/09/09 |