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Length of anti-tank ditch [plotted from German aerial photograph].
(Source: Air Photograph 1940)
Anti-tank ditch plotted from air photographs. It had been infilled by January 1946.
(Source: Air Photograph 1946/01/15)
The hollow of the infilled anit-tank ditch where it runs parallel with the railway embankment can be clearly seen [close to pillbox UORN 2642].
(Source: Field Visit 2003/12/05)
Type of site | ANTI TANK DITCH |
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Location | Running SW-NE across open land E of Lansdown Lane South to the Drift Bridge. |
Area |
Epsom, Surrey, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 2248 5962
TQ 2270 5971 TQ 2275 5993 TQ 2302 6007 TQ 2314 6016 |
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Infilled |
Materials | Earthwork |
Recorder | |
Defence grouping |
London Stop Line: Outer - Line A (outer suburbs) of London defence rings. |
Photographs |
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DOB site reference: | S0012923 |
Reference |
1946/01/15 3G/TUD/UK/27 (fr.5298) 1946/01/15 3G/TUD/UK/27 (fr.5299) 1944/08/07 106G/LA/30 (fr.3191) 1947/05/28 CPE/UK/2101 (fr.5444) 1940/10/23 Taktisches Luftbildbuch Nr.3 |
Event |
Infill, By 1946/01 Construction, Between 1940/06 1940/10 Infill, In the period 1944 1950 Field Visit, On 2003/12/05 |