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10 anti-tank cylinders, 4 to the N and 4 to the S of the entrance to Kingsmill Farm, not in original location. A letter from David Dennett adds the following information on this site: The owner of Kingsmill Farm is a Richard Freeth said that at the end of the war the cylinders were to be blown up at their then location of the bridge over the River Ray (SU 119927). His late Grandfather 'persuaded' the demolition team to move them close to their present location, quite why is unknown. There they remained for the next 30 years. According to Richard Freeth they became a valuable indicator as to the position of his business when directing lorry drivers etc. When the A419 was to become a dual carriageway some years ago, the Department of Transport and the local Council apparently intended to remove them yet again. The current Mr. Freeth, like his Grandfather, again 'persuaded' them to move them some tens of yards to the W to where they are currently located. From Richard Freeth's explanation it is believed that legal action and a recourse to compulsory purchase would have been the only way he would part with the cylinders. [Letter dated 7th April 2000].
(Source: Field Visit 1999/05)


      

        Type of site
        CYLINDER
      

      

        Location
        Kingsmill Farm, 1 mile SE of Cricklade.
[see also UORN 11485].

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Cricklade, Wiltshire, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            SU 118 926
             (Scale: 1:50000
              , 1997)
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Good

      

      

        Materials
        
            Concrete
        
      

      

        Recorder
        Dennett, David
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 GHQ Line: Red - GHQ Stop Line running from south of Malmesbury to west of Reading. 

        		
      

      

        Photographs
        
View of CYLINDER - S0008114
         

     (4) - general views (1 DIGITISED).  		
      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0008114

      


      

        Event
        
            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

            Field Visit, During 1999/05 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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