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At least six anti-tank cylinders (5ft high x 3ft diameter) in a row, set close together, observed from the north bank of the Basingstoke Canal. These are at the N end of the line running through Coxmoor Wood.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/08/27)
Line of concrete blocks running through woodland from the end of the anti-tank ditch [UORN 16694] to the S bank of the Basingstoke Canal.
(Source: Air Photograph 1946/01/12)
Double row of concrete anti-tank cylinders - 750 cylinders for 500 yards of the GHQ Line.
(Source: Article 1995)
Anti-tank concrete cylinders made from pre-cast drainage pipes filled with concrete although some were never filled and remain empty. 180 cylinders, 2ft apart, in a line from the canal through Coxmoor wood. (SU 783512 - SU788510). Chamfered top. Three feet away to the W is a second line, uncompleted, consisiting of a further 180 empty cylinders.
(Source: SMR 1988/02/09)
Type of site | CYLINDER |
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Location | Crossing NE area of Coxmoor Wood. |
Area |
Crookham Village, Hampshire, England |
Grid reference |
SU 7868 5097
SU 7842 5121 |
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Extant but condition unknown |
Materials | Concrete |
Recorder | |
Defence grouping |
GHQ Line (Berkshire/Hampshire/Surrey/Kent) - West - East section of GHQ Line running from Reading through Hampshire and West Surrey to Kent (Leigh) following in part a line south of the North Downs. |
Photographs |
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DOB site reference: | S0016695 |
Associated Identifier | Hampshire SMR (ref: SU75SE 54) |
Reference |
1995/03 Defending Chequers Bridge 1946/01/12 106G/UK/1114 (fr.3031) |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 2003/08/27 |