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Anti-tank ditch plotted from air photograph.
(Source: Air Photograph 1941/10/22)
Length of unfilled anti-tank ditch (NZ 2748996851 to NZ 2743897011) that can still be discerned on the ground; heavily silted with sand, but the straight course can be made out [see also UORN 2884].
(Source: Field Visit 2003/05/03)
Type of site | ANTI TANK DITCH |
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Location | At the head of the dunes E and N of Druridge. |
Area |
Widdrington, Northumberland, England |
Grid reference |
NZ 2771 9601
NZ 2752 9668 NZ 27489 96851 NZ 27438 97011 |
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Bad |
Materials | Earthwork |
Recorder | Foot, William (English Heritage Defence Areas Project) |
Defence grouping |
Northumberland coast defences - Defences of the Northumberland coast line and immediate hinterland. |
Photographs |
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DOB site reference: | S0016587 |
Reference |
1941/10/22 S/629 (fr.67) |
Event |
Field Visit, On 2003/05/03 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 |