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Anti-tank blocks plotted from aerial photograph. By 1953 they have all gone.
(Source: Air Photograph 1941/06/17)
Anti-tank blocks [plotted from German aerial photograph]. Between the blocks and the sea, in the area immediately north of the River Blyth, was a barbed wire fence.
(Source: Air Photograph 1973)
Type of site | ANTI TANK BLOCK |
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Location | Running parallel with the shore N of the River Blyth. |
Area |
Southwold, Suffolk, England |
Grid reference |
TM 5051 7479
TM 5075 7547 |
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Removed |
Materials | Steel |
Recorder | |
Defence grouping |
Suffolk coast defences - Defences of the Suffolk coastline and immediate hinterland. |
Photographs |
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DOB site reference: | S0016030 |
Associated Identifier | Suffolk SMR (ref: XS19279) |
Reference |
1940/10/23 Taktisches Luftbildbuch Nr.3 1941/06/17 2BC/BR173 (fr A17) 1941/07/07 MSO 31038 (fr.6988) |
Event |
Construction, During 1940 |