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Anti-tank obstacles by road.
(Source: Article 1993)
4 x anti-tank 'bollards'.
(Source: Book 1999)
2 x 5ft diameter concrete cylinders on W bank of lane some 70yds N of pillbox UORN 6846. Overgrown. Presumably the site of a roadblock.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/02/06)
Type of site | ANTI TANK OBSTACLE |
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Location | On W bank of Star Lane, Avening. |
Area |
Avening, Gloucestershire, England |
Grid reference |
ST 8867 9773
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Concrete |
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: | S0006848 |
Reference |
1993/09 The Bristol Outer Defences on the Cotswold Plateau, Part 2 1999 Warwalks: Stop Line Green |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 2003/02/06 |