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Line of concrete posts (more than 50) on W side of disused railway embankment. Close to pillbox UORN 6780 and beginning from anti-tank cubes [see UORN 16432]..
(Source: Field Visit 2003/01/15)
Concrete posts indicated on Royal Engineers map.
(Source: Document 1941/01/30)
Type of site | POST |
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Location | On W side of former railway line N of Cad Road, Ilton. |
Area |
Ilton, Somerset, England |
Grid reference |
ST 34375 17051
ST 3441 1696 |
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Concrete |
Recorder | Foot, William (English Heritage Defence Areas Project) |
Defence grouping |
Southern Command: Taunton Stop Line - Stop line running N - S through Somerset and South Devon - from Highbridge to Seaton via Taunton. Ilton anti-tank island - Defences of Ilton anti-tank island (1942, a 'centre of resistance' and later 1943, a category 'C' nodal point). Cassini ref. T7838. [Source: Western Area Defence Scheme, 1941 - PRO WO 166/1251]. |
Photographs |
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DOB site reference: | S0016433 |
Reference |
1941/01/30 Ilton A/T Island |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 2003/01/15 |