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Two 5ft high (3ft diameter) anti-tank cylinders, made of drainage pipes filled with concrete and with an additional conical top.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/08/27)
Type of site | CYLINDER |
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Location | On the N bank of the Basingstoke Canal (by the towpath) opposite Coxmoor Wood, W of Chequers Bridge. |
Area |
Crookham Village, Hampshire, England |
Grid reference |
SU 78377 51222
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Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Concrete |
Recorder | Foot, William (English Heritage Defence Areas Project) |
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: | S0016752 |
Event |
Field Visit, On 2003/08/27 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 |