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Anti-tank ditch. It was still open in March 1944 with spoil from it placed on both sides. Plotted from air photograph.
(Source: Air Photograph 1944/03/08)
At SU 43279759 a 20 yard long section of anti-tank ditch was re-excavated by the farm owner, Mr. Murray Maclean, and the Ridgeway Military and Aviation Research Group in December 1991. This section has been left open.
(Source: Article 1993/09)
Type of site | ANTI TANK DITCH |
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Location | Running S and W of Frilford. |
Area |
Frilford, Oxfordshire, England |
Grid reference |
SU 4440 9685
SU 4366 9709 SU 4326 9759 SU 4286 9772 SU 4259 9800 |
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Infilled |
Materials | Earthwork |
Recorder | Foot, William (English Heritage Defence Areas Project) |
Defence grouping |
GHQ Line: Red - GHQ Stop Line running from south of Malmesbury to west of Reading. |
Photographs |
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DOB site reference: | S0016702 |
Reference |
1993/09 An Anti-Tank Ditch Restored 1944/03/08 US/7PH/GP/LOC208 (frs.5003-5004) |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Infill, By 1946/04 Field Visit, On 2003/09/04 |