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Anti-tank ditch, now destroyed, reported by present owner of Newton Farm to have stretched across the field to the N of the farmyard at the bottom of the railway embankment.
(Source: Oral Account 1997)
Type of site | ANTI TANK DITCH |
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Location | On Newton Farm, Dorchester Road, Maiden Newton. |
Area |
Maiden Newton, Dorset, England |
Grid reference |
SY 6069 9647
(Scale: 1:2500
)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Infilled |
Materials | Earthwork |
Recorder | Matthews, Graham G. |
Defence grouping |
Southern Command: Dorchester Stop Line - Line runs from Yeovil to Weymouth via Dorchester and mainly along the railway line. Maiden Newton anti-tank island - Anti-invasion defences of Maiden Newton (50 Division) anti-tank island. [GHQ and Comd: Cassini U01. 5 Corps Operation Instruction No.41 of 5.9.40 - PRO WO 166/249]. |
Attached Sheets | (1) Site location plan. |
Adjacent sites | Pillbox at SY 60709646 and anti-tank obstacle at SY 70769642 |
DOB site reference: | S0000045 |
Event |
Infill, Before 1950 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1997/01/30 |