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Anti-tank obstacles.
(Source: Document 1960)
Anti-tank block from roadblock on NW side of road. Designed to take RSJ - 'rolled steel joist'.
(Source: Field Visit 1989/01/01)
Concrete, slotted block with sloped rear face. Carries OS benchmark on side and is close to pillbox [see UORN 10047].
[Digital archive - Surrey Industrial Society: SU/SIHG/CRS205].
(Source: Field Visit 1998/07/24)
Type of site | ANTI TANK BLOCK |
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Location | N of bridle road to Hollister Farm, Albury (N of Shere) - at the side of the track. |
Area |
Shere, Surrey, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 072 491
|
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. Shere nodal point - Defences of Shere Category 'B' nodal point. Cassini ref. Q5167. [Source: List of Nodal Points in Eastern Command, 1940 - PRO WO 199/544]. |
Photographs |
(1) - site view (Alexander) - DIGITISED. |
DOB site reference: | S0010046 |
Reference |
1960/04 List of Defence Works Remaining in South West Surrey |
Event |
Field Visit, On 1989/01/01 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1998/07/24 |