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A stretch of this anti-tank ditch was observed as a crop mark running towards Leeches Copse (approx. SU 788512)
(Source: Field Visit 2003/08/28)
Anti-tank ditch (filled in) plotted from air photograph.
(Source: Air Photograph 1946/01/12)
Type of site | ANTI TANK DITCH |
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Location | Running S of Crookham Village. |
Area |
Crookham Village, Hampshire, England |
Grid reference |
SU 7874 5084
SU 7884 5094 SU 7883 5106 SU 7892 5161 |
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Infilled |
Materials | Earthwork |
Recorder | |
Defence grouping |
Aldershot Command: Fleet / Farnham stop line - Short length of stop line (a switch line), part of the perimeter defences of Aldershot, running S from the Fleet area via Pilcot and Crookham to join the GHQ Line NW ofr Farnham [Source: Aldershot Command memorandum CRAC No.4 4/2997/55 (G), 17 July 1940 - TNA: PRO WO 199/55) |
Photographs |
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DOB site reference: | S0016696 |
Reference |
1946/01/12 106G/UK/1114 (fr.3031) |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Infill, By 1945/11 Field Visit, On 2003/08/28 |