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4 anti-tank cylinders.
(Source: Field Visit 1999/11/02)
3 x anti-tank cylinders installed on N side of bridge (2 West, 1East). Constructed using large diameter concrete drainage pipes filled with concrete and domed at top.
[with sketch drawn on form].
(Source: Field Visit 2000/08/21)
Type of site | CYLINDER |
---|---|
Location | Beech Tree Walk Bridge, No. 98, Kennet and Avon Canal, Crofton |
Area |
Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, England |
Grid reference |
SU 272 632
(Scale: 1:25000
, 1998)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Concrete |
Recorder | Cole, Chris |
Defence grouping |
GHQ Line: Blue - Section of GHQ Stop Line running from near Melksham to Reading. |
Photographs |
(2) - general view (slide) and site view (print) (DIGITISED). |
Adjacent sites | Cylinders to SW at SU 270630 and type 22 pillbox to NE at SU 272634. |
DOB site reference: | S0008774 |
Reference |
1999 Ironside's Line |
Event |
Field Visit, On 1999/11/02 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 2000/08/21 |