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Line of some 8 x anti-tank 'pimples', of a very large size (approx. 4ft high and 4ft square at the base). [Record - photographs only].
(Source: Field Visit 1996/11/15)
17 x concrete anti tank blocks.
(Source: SMR )
Reinforced concrete shaped anti-tank blocks in a line E-W from roadside to edge of lake under mature trees in a park.
(Source: Field Visit 2001/05/23)


      

        Type of site
        PIMPLE
      

      

        Location
        Shirley Pond, Southampton.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Southampton, Southampton, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            SU 397 144
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Good

      

      

        Materials
        
            Reinforced Concrete
        
      

      

        Threats
        
            Type: Plant growth (Long Term) 
Detail: The anti-tank blocks are very overgrown.

        		
      

      

        Recorder
        Wylie, A.E.
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 Southampton anti-tank island - Anti-invasion defences of Southampton (Western Command) anti-tank island.
[GHQ and Comd: Cassini U83. 5 Corps Operation Instruction No.41 of 5.9.40 - PRO WO 166/249]. 

        		
      

      

        Photographs
        
View of PIMPLE - S0012702
         

     (3) -  site views (1 DIGITISED).  		
      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0012702

      

      

        Associated Identifier
        
            Hampshire SMR (ref: SU31SE 36)
        
      


      

        Event
        
            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

            Field Visit, On 1996/11/15 

            Field Visit, On 2001/05/23 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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