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Two anti-tank cylinders one on either side of track connecting fields above the canal, separated by farm gate.
(Source: Field Visit 2000/04/06)
2 x anti-tank cylinders constructed either side of the bridge on the W side. Made by pouring mass concrete into large diameter concrete drainage pipes.
[with sketch drawn on form].
(Source: Field Visit 2000/08/28)
Type of site | CYLINDER |
---|---|
Location | Unclassified road on W side of Alton Valley Bridge, Honeystreet - Kennet and Avon Canal, Stanton St. Bernard |
Area |
Stanton St. Bernard, Wiltshire, England |
Grid reference |
SU 108 614
(Scale: 1:25000
, 1998)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Concrete |
Recorder | Cole, Chris |
Defence grouping |
GHQ Line: Blue - Section of GHQ Stop Line running from near Melksham to Reading. |
Photographs |
(2) - site views (slide and print) - DIGITISED. |
Adjacent sites | Type 22 pillbox to E (SU 108614). |
DOB site reference: | S0011720 |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 2000/04/06 Field Visit, On 2000/08/28 |