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Section of anti-tank ditch. Plotted from air photograph. See also UORN 8552.
(Source: Air Photograph 1946/01/14)
The line of the anti-tank ditch can be seen as a slight swell in the cultivated field, with a darker line of soil showing through the young crop.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/02/05)


      

        Type of site
        ANTI TANK DITCH
      

      

        Location
        Running from S end of Hang Wood across the B3110 road, E to Hog Wood.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Hinton Charterhouse, Bath and North East Somerset, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            ST 7685 5942
            

            ST 7672 5931
             (Scale: 1:10560
              )
            

            ST 7683 5942
             (Scale: 1:10560
              )
            

            ST 7700 5949
             (Scale: 1:10560
              )
            

            ST 7713 5951
             (Scale: 1:10560
              )
            

            ST 7722 5955
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Infilled

      

      

        Materials
        
            Earthwork
        
      

      

        Recorder
        Foot, William (English Heritage Defence Areas Project)
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 GHQ Line: Green  - Stop Line - Burnham on Sea to near Melksham (where it joins with the GHQ Line: Blue) and then north to the River Severn at Newnham. This line is also known as the Bristol Outer Line. 
Manned by VIII Corps. 

        		
      

      

        Photographs
        
View of ANTI TANK DITCH - S0015367
         

       		
      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0015367

      

      

        Reference
        
             1946/01/14 3G/TUD/UK/25 (frs.5165-5166)

        		
      


      

        Event
        
            Field Visit, On 2003/02/05 

            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

            Infill, In the period 1946 1950

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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