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A line of four marks on the road surface plotted from air photographs undoubtedly shows the position of the roadblock.
(Source: Air Photograph 1945/09/27)
Roadblock. Cassini ref. 732584. Concrete buoys and mines. Manned by 11th Bn. East Surrey Regiment.
(Source: Document 1941/04)
Post '11b Road Block'. Cassini ref. 734585. 11th Bn. East Surrey Regiment. 2 NCOs, 7 men. A/tk rifle, Tommy gun, 8 x rifles.
(Source: Document 1941/04)
Roadblock. Serial no.96. Cassini ref. 733584. Manned by 9th Bn. Green Howards.
(Source: Document 1940/06)
Type of site | ROADBLOCK |
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Location | By Little Farthingloe Farm, on Folkestone Road (B2011). |
Area |
Dover, Kent, England |
Grid reference |
TR 2935 4036
(Scale: 1:10000
)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Removed |
Materials | Land mines |
Recorder | Burridge, David (Defence of Britain Project) |
Defence grouping |
Dover nodal point - Defences of Dover nodal point. [Source: '12 Corps Plan to Defeat Invasion', 16 May 1941 - PRO WO 166/344]. |
Photographs |
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DOB site reference: | S0001902 |
Original Reference | 7229 |
Reference |
1940/06 Dover Defence Scheme 1941/04 Dover Defence Scheme 1941/04 Operational Order No.5 1945/09/27 106G/UK/848 (fr.6006) 1945/08/05 106G/UK/610 (fr.6371) 1941/02/02 Tracing of Dover and defences manned by 7th Hamps 1940/11/27 List of Pillboxes, Defended Houses, and Roadblocks |
Event |
Field Visit, On 1998/01/25 Construction, During 1940 Destruction, Before 1998 |