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Two large concrete blocks, one each side of the track, on the W side of a bridge across a branch of the River Cam. The one to the north has a 6in hole through it. The one to the south is behind a high brick wall which shows signs that it was partially demolished and then rebuilt after the war. Originally these two blocks would have supported a steel hawser fixed permanently through the concrete of the south block and passed through the 6in hole in the north block to a fixing point. This could then be lowered for friendly traffic or fixed in the raised position as an anti tank obstacle.
Remains of the steel hawser are still attached to the N block. (AWF - 7.6.02).
(Source: Field Visit 1994/03)
Concrete blocks plotted from aerial photograph.
(Source: Air Photograph 1947/06/24)
| Type of site | ANTI TANK BLOCK |
|---|---|
| Location | Tea Bridge, Audley End Estate (50yds to west of bridge) |
| Area |
Littlebury, Essex, England |
| Grid reference |
TL 5224 3853
(Scale: 1:1250
)
|
| Period | WW2 |
| Condition | Good |
| Materials | Concrete |
| Recorder | Nash, Fred (Archaeological Advisory Group, Essex County Council Planning) |
| Defence grouping |
GHQ Line (Essex) - |
| DOB site reference: | S0000383 |
| Associated Identifier | Essex SMR (ref: 10220) |
| Reference |
1996 Anti-invasion defences of WWII 1998/06 World War Two Defences in Essex, Interim Report 1947/06/24 CPE/UK/2169 (fr 2043) |
| Event |
Field Visit, In 1994/03 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 2002/06/07 |
