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Lengths of anti-tank ditch, with an opening commanded by a pillbox [UORN 8390]. The ditch was still open in January 1947, but partly infilled by April 1947. Plotted from air photograph.
(Source: Air Photograph 1947/01/23)
Type of site | ANTI TANK DITCH |
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Location | Running E of Nine Acre Bridge, Upper Godney. |
Area |
Godney, Somerset, England |
Grid reference |
ST 4918 4269
ST 4933 4287 ST 4920 4281 ST 4919 4280 |
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Infilled |
Materials | Earthwork |
Recorder | |
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: | S0016340 |
Reference |
1947/01/23 CPE/UK/1944 (frs.1215-1216) |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 |