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Unfilled infantry trenches.
(Source: Book 1999)
Curving lines of slit trenches at the edge of the woods, sometimes a double line, sometimes with connecting spurs. The trenches are about 3ft deep and 3ft wide.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/02/05)
Type of site | SLIT TRENCH |
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Location | At the E and S edges of Hog Wood. |
Area |
Hinton Charterhouse, Bath and North East Somerset, England |
Grid reference |
ST 7744 5961
ST 7750 5954 ST 7753 5948 ST 7758 5940 |
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Earthwork |
Recorder | Foot, William (English Heritage Defence Areas Project) |
Defence grouping |
GHQ Line: Green - Stop Line - Burnham on Sea to near Melksham (where it joins with the GHQ Line: Blue) and then north to the River Severn at Newnham. This line is also known as the Bristol Outer Line.
Manned by VIII Corps. |
Photographs |
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DOB site reference: | S0013996 |
Reference |
1999 Warwalks: Stop Line Green |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 2003/02/05 |