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Roadblock plotted from air photograph, with four anti-tank blocks between the two carriageways of the road, with four more on the W side and at least two on the E. [By August 1944 the roadblock had been removed].
(Source: Air Photograph 1941/04/16)
Site of roadblock plotted from German map.
(Source: Map 1941/06/01)
Field visit confirms no survival.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/12/09)
Type of site | ROADBLOCK |
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Location | On London Road (A24), just S of drive to 'Boxlands', N of Dorking. |
Area |
Dorking, Surrey, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 1705 5111
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Removed |
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. Dorking Gap defences - Defences (associated with the GHQ Line) of the Dorking Gap (valley of the River Mole passing between the North Downs). |
Photographs |
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DOB site reference: | S0016819 |
Reference |
1941/06/01 Sheet (Blatt) 124 1941/04/16 26H/UK1452 (fr.4349) |
Event |
Construction, By 1941/04 Destruction, By 1944/08 Field Visit, On 2003/12/09 |