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Defended area of Ashford where the A28 road crosses the railway line: anti-tank 'pimples', road block, rail block, strong points, and fortified houses.
(Source: Article 1994)


      

        Type of site
        DEFENDED LOCALITY
      

      

        Location
        Godington Road, Ashford.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Ashford, Kent, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            TR 009 422
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Unknown

      

      

        Materials
        
            Concrete
        
      

      

        Recorder
        Frost, Peter
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 Ashford nodal point - Defences of Ashford Category 'A' nodal point.  Cassini ref. R4461. Also known as Ashford Garrison. [Source:  List of Nodal Points in Eastern Command, 1940 - PRO WO 199/544]. 

 
 South East Command: Stop Line (Oare to Warehorne) - This stop line (known as Grid Line LG - LH - LI - WA) ran from Oare to Charing to Ashford to Warehorne. There were forward defences  and roadblocks in the section from Oare to Charing, but, from Charing to Warehorne,  pillboxes sited in depth and camouflaged. [Source: Operation Instruction No. 20 dated 18.2.41 in War Diary of 6 Btn. Cheshire Regt. (PRO WO 166/4195]. 

        		
      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0007097

      

      

        Reference
        
             1994/09 A Small Boy in Ashford

        		
      


      

        Event
        
            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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