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Slot on west side of A281 road in wall of 'Sea Horse' public house. Block with chamfered face and slot for wooden 'Home Guard' barrier. Square concrete base was visible in road surface opposite block.
[Surrey Industrial Society record gives NGR - TQ 000475].
(Source: Field Visit 1989/02/01)
Slot on west side of A281 road in wall of 'Sea Horse' public house. Block with chamfered face and slot for wooden 'Home Guard' barrier. Square concrete base was visible in road surface opposite block.
SU/SIHG/CRS187.
(Source: Field Visit 1989/02/01)
Slot in concrete block at side of the road to take road block horizontal post. A plaque has been affixed to the block, reading, 'G.H.Q. This roadblock marks the line of the last ditch defence against German invasion, Summer 1940'.
(Source: Field Visit 2000/04/28)
Type of site | ANTI TANK HORIZONTAL RAIL |
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Location | Next to the Seahorse public house, on A281 road (52-54, The Street), Shalford. |
Area |
Shalford, Surrey, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 0003 4760
|
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 |
(2) - site views [Urquhart] 1 DIGITISED]. |
DOB site reference: | S0010071 |
Reference |
1960/04 List of Defence Works Remaining in South West Surrey |
Event |
Field Visit, On 1989/02/01 Field Visit, On 2000/04/28 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 |