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16 x anti-tank obstacles - 4ft x 4ft cylinders, dumped in an overgrown ditch.
(Source: Article 1994)
Two rows of concrete-filled sewer pipes (4 per row) running into valley bottom from line of old railway. On the opposite side of the valley are a pile of approx. 10 similar obstacles which are probably ex-situ and would originally have been placed to block the railway line.
(Source: Field Visit 2000/04)
16 x anti-tank 'bollards'.
(Source: Book 1999)
| Type of site | CYLINDER |
|---|---|
| Location | At the end of Little Larkhill Farm Lane, in a narrow valley by disused railway line, one and a half miles NE of Tetbury. |
| Area |
Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England |
| Grid reference |
ST 9065 9405
(Scale: 1:50000
, 1981)
|
| Period | WW2 |
| Condition | Fair |
| Materials | Concrete |
| Threats |
Type: Fire (Medium Term) Detail: One pile of anti-tank obstacles is being affected by fires lit near them. |
| Recorder | Lowry, Bernard (Defence of Britain Project) |
| Defence grouping |
GHQ Line: Green - Stop Line - Burnham on Sea to near Melksham (where it joins with the GHQ Line: Blue) and then north to the River Severn at Newnham. This line is also known as the Bristol Outer Line.
Manned by VIII Corps. |
| Photographs | (2) - site views. |
| DOB site reference: | S0007136 |
| Reference |
Loopholes No 4 & 5: The Green Line 1994/03 Bristol Outer Defences, Annexe 1999 Warwalks: Stop Line Green |
| Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, During 2000/04 |
