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The cylinders have been removed from their original location and used to reinforce the river bank by the weir. There is a fishing pool here, and the area is known to the fishermen as 'The Rollers'.
(Source: Field Visit 1997/11/07)
Local Name | The Rollers |
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Type of site | CYLINDER |
Location | To rear of Betchworth House, close to the River Mole and weir. |
Area |
Betchworth, Surrey, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 207 497
(Scale: 1:25000
, 1988)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Concrete |
Recorder | Urquhart, Cyril |
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. Betchworth nodal point - Defences of Betchworth Category 'B' nodal point. Cassini ref. Q6569. [Source: List of Nodal Points in Eastern Command, 1940 - PRO WO 199/544]. |
Photographs |
(1) - site view. |
DOB site reference: | S0002447 |
Original Reference | 7777 |
Event |
Field Visit, On 1997/11/07 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 |