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25+ anti-tank 'pimples' on N bank of the River Wey in at least three rows, close to the Waverley Abbey ruins. Some 'pimples' have iron rings set in the top. A tree nearby has the carved inscription, 'Bond, Sgt. Pioneer Corp, 1941'. [see photo p6, '20th Century Defences in Britain']. This inscription is now very hard to see. [It is conjectured - see BBC2 programme 'Invasion!' shown on 11.11.01 - that steel hawsers were connected to the iron rings on the 'pimples' and stretched across the river: one of these hawsers is said to lie at SU 868452].
(Source: Field Visit 2001/06/20)
Anti-tank 'pimples' in at least four rows.
(Source: Field Visit 1985)
71 x anti-tank 'pimples' in this area. [Ref: SU84/61 and SU84/63].
(Source: Field Visit 1988/07/06)
Anti-tank 'pimples', some with iron loops set at the top.
(Source: Field Visit 2000/05/25)
25+ anti-tank 'pimples' on N bank of the River Wey in at least three rows, close to the Waverley Abbey ruins. Some 'pimples' have iron rings set in the top.
(Source: Field Visit 2001/06/20)


      

        Type of site
        PIMPLE
      

      

        Location
        On N bank of the River Wey adjacent to Waverley Abbey ruins.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Farnham, Surrey, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            SU 86781 45211
            

            SU 86809 45182
             (Scale: 1:10000
              )
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Good

      

      

        Materials
        
            Concrete
        
      

      

        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
        
View of PIMPLE - S0009974
         

     (2) - site views (1 DIGITISED).  		
      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0009974

      


      

        Event
        
            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

            Field Visit, On 1989/07/01 

            Field Visit, On 1988/07/06 

            Field Visit, During 1985 

            Field Visit, On 2001/06/20 

            Field Visit, On 2000/05/25 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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