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Anti-tank cylinders.
(Source: Book 1999)
3 x anti-tank cylinders set N of bridge, two on the W side and one on E side. Constructed using large diameter drainage pipe filled with mass concrete and domed at top. 'U'-shaped hooks are fitted to the side of the pipe [for moving?].
[with sketch drawn on form].
(Source: Field Visit 2000/08/22)
Type of site | CYLINDER |
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Location | On either side of the lane to Woodborough Fields Bridge, Woodborough |
Area |
Woodborough, Wiltshire, England |
Grid reference |
SU 113 608
(Scale: 1:50000
, 1997)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Concrete |
Recorder | Alexander, Colin (Pillbox Study Group) |
Defence grouping |
GHQ Line: Blue - Section of GHQ Stop Line running from near Melksham to Reading. |
Photographs |
![]() (1) - site view (DIGITISED). |
Adjacent sites | Pillboxes to E (SU 143614) and W (type 22) (SU 108614). |
DOB site reference: | S0008748 |
Reference |
1999 Ironside's Line |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 2000/08/22 |