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Metal turret [of an Allan Williams type] dug in the ground.
(Source: Book 1999)
Allan Williams Turret [Ref: SU84/39].
(Source: Field Visit 1988/06/17)
Cylindrical tube in ground with steel hemisphere on top. Rotatable. One embrasure , moveable. Rusting badly, some sections fallen away.
(Source: Field Visit 1993/04/25)
Type of site | ALLAN WILLIAMS TURRET |
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Location | S of A287 road, in the grounds of Ewshot Riding Club, NNW of Farnham. |
Area |
Farnham, Surrey, England |
Grid reference |
SU 8240 4880
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Bad |
Materials | Steel |
Threats |
Type: Deterioration (Immediate) Detail: The metal cupola is rusting badly and sections have fallen away. |
Recorder | Surrey Industrial Society survey (Surrey Industrial Society) |
Defence grouping |
GHQ Line (Berkshire/Hampshire/Surrey/Kent) - West - East section of GHQ Line running from Reading through Hampshire and West Surrey to Kent (Leigh) following in part a line south of the North Downs. |
Photographs | see p103 'Ironside's Line'. |
DOB site reference: | S0007500 |
Reference |
1999 Ironside's Line |
Event |
Field Visit, On 1993/04/25 Field Visit, On 1988/06/17 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 |