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Anti-tank concrete obstacles ('dragon's teeth') running from ST 342140 to ST 342137 along E embankment of railway; largely overgrown.
(Source: Field Visit 1997/07/28)
Type of site | PIMPLE |
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Location | NW of Downs Farm, Donyatt on E end of road bridge over disused railway, on W flank of Herne Hill. |
Area |
Donyatt, Somerset, England |
Grid reference |
ST 342 140
(Scale: 1:25000
, 1985)
ST 342 137 |
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Concrete |
Threats |
Type: Subsidence (Immediate) Detail: Beginning to lean down a steep embankment due to undermining: may require action to prevent collapse in the not too distant future. |
Recorder | Thomson, L.E.J. |
Defence grouping |
Southern Command: Taunton Stop Line - Stop line running N - S through Somerset and South Devon - from Highbridge to Seaton via Taunton. |
Adjacent sites | Pillboxes at ST 342138, and ST 342139. |
DOB site reference: | S0002957 |
Original Reference | 8346 |
Event |
Field Visit, On 1997/07/28 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 |