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Two 4ft x 4ft x 5ft (high) cone-topped anti-tank blocks adjoining the rail block [see UORN 16430] on its E side, and a further block still in situ on the W side. Other blocks (some nine) lie in the river or are tumbled on its bank.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/01/14)
Type of site | CUBE |
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Location | On the E bank of the River Axe by the railway line at a public crossing point, SW of Weycroft. |
Area |
Axminster, Devon, England |
Grid reference |
SY 3024 9971
(Scale: 1:25000
)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Concrete |
Recorder | Hayne, D. (Axminster Historical Society) |
Defence grouping |
Southern Command: Taunton Stop Line - Stop line running N - S through Somerset and South Devon - from Highbridge to Seaton via Taunton. |
Attached Sheets | (1) - photograph. |
Photographs |
![]() (1) - xerox on attached sheet. |
DOB site reference: | S0001242 |
Associated Identifier | Devon SMR (ref: SY39NW/94/1) |
Reference |
1941/01/04 Southern Area Operation Instruction No.5 1940 Taunton Stop Line: record map folios of Major F.B. Goodman R.E., D.C.R.E. Taunton 1940/12 Report on Taunton Stop Line |
Event |
Field Visit, On 1996/08/05 Field Visit, On 1996/08/05 Construction, In the period 1940/06 1940/12 Field Visit, On 2003/01/14 |