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A stub of steel rail embedded in a circular plug which is inserted in a concrete socket. This was part of a road block where 'hairpin' rails were used over the area of pavements and road. This fragment is on a raised bank close to the wall of the Church Institute, adjacent to the pavement.
[The recorder lived 200 yards away during the war and observed the Home Guard regularly practising the erection of the rails, usually on a Sunday when there was little traffic].
(Source: Field Visit 1999/04)
Type of site | ANTI TANK HAIRPIN |
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Location | Opposite 79, High Street, Banstead. |
Area |
Banstead, Surrey, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 2547 5973
(Scale: 1:1250
, 1968)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Bad |
Materials | Concrete, Steel |
Threats |
Type: Development (Long Term) Detail: Site's position means it is vulnerable to development. However, it is on church land which has ensured its survival so far - some 59 years. |
Recorder | Shackel, Michael |
Defence grouping |
London Stop Line: Outer - Line A (outer suburbs) of London defence rings. |
Attached Sheets | (1) - further information sheet. |
Photographs |
(4) - site views, inc. photograph taken 1950s showing site (2 DIGITISED). |
DOB site reference: | S0008350 |
Event |
Field Visit, During 1999/04 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 |