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Anti-tank cylinder.
(Source: Book 1999)
4 x anti-tank cylinders in group on S bank of canal. Made from concrete-filled draingae pipes (5ft diameter) with added concrete conical tops. They stood about 6ft high.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/02/04)
4 x anti-tank blocks plotted from air photograph.
(Source: Air Photograph 1945/06/13)
Type of site | CYLINDER |
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Location | On S bank of Kennet and Avon Canal, at Semington Swing Bridge. |
Area |
Semington, Wiltshire, England |
Grid reference |
ST 89257 60830
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Concrete |
Recorder | Farthing, Geoff (Pillbox Study Group) |
Defence grouping |
GHQ Line: Blue - Section of GHQ Stop Line running from near Melksham to Reading. Semington centre of resistance - The defences of Semington on the GHQ Blue Line. After 1940 the defences were developed as a Centre of Resistance (Nodal Point) manned by the 4th Bn. Wiltshire Home Guard. (South Wiltshire Sub Area, 1942 - PRO WO 166/6785). |
Photographs |
(1) - site view. |
Adjacent sites | Type 22 pillbox to W (ST 895608) and type 28a emplacement to N (ST 893605). |
DOB site reference: | S0008682 |
Reference |
1999 Ironside's Line 106G/UK/377 (fr.3159) |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 2003/02/04 Field Visit, On 2000/08/24 |