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Cylindrical concrete blocks placed across the approaches to the old Pershore Bridge. Four concrete cylinders survive after being moved at end of the war to block off approach road to this bridge.
There are scars of modern concrete at the south end of the bridge that may mark the site of corresponding defences on that side.
(Source: Field Visit 1997/10/28)
4 x concrete cylinders (3ft high, 2ft diameter) now blocking N approach to Pershore old bridge. These cylinders were almost certainly moved to this position post-war (along with comparable blocks at the S approach to the bridge - now removed), probably from the roadblock at the S end of the old bridge itself [see UORN 16255] or the one further south [UORN 9154]. They do not show in these positions in 1941 and 1946 APs, but appear on an AP of 1949.
(Source: Field Visit 2002/10/30)
| Type of site | CYLINDER |
|---|---|
| Location | N end of Pershore Old Bridge. |
| Area |
Pershore, Worcestershire, England |
| Grid reference |
SO 9520 4516
(Scale: 1:10000
, 1995)
|
| Period | WW2 |
| Condition | Fair |
| Materials | Concrete |
| Recorder | Wilks, Mick (Hereford and Worcester Defence of Britain Project) |
| Defence grouping |
Western Command Stop Line No 2 - Stop Line following the line of the River Avon from Tewkesbury to the neighbourhood of Coventry. Pershore Bridge defences - The defences of the two Pershore Bridges over the River Avon. Pershore defended locality - Defences of Pershore defended locality [ref: Worcester Sub-Area Operation Instruction No.3 Map 'A']. |
| Photographs |
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| DOB site reference: | S0009021 |
| Associated Identifier | Hereford and Worcester SMR (ref: HWCM 22328) |
| Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1997/10/28 Field Visit, On 2002/10/30 |
