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Anti-tank pimples on beach.
(Source: Field Visit 1999/06/10)
More than 140 x 'dragon's teeth' anti-tank blocks at the exits to Widemouth Sand beach at Widemouth Bay. These blocks vary in height from 2 - 3 ft and many are probably in their original positions.
[Local information from Mrs. Audrey Aylmer of Bude Old Cornwall Society].
(Source: Field Visit 2000/04/07)
Type of site | PIMPLE |
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Location | Along beach and low cliff at Widemouth Bay, S of Bude. |
Area |
Marhamchurch, Cornwall, England |
Grid reference |
SS 1980 0185
(Scale: 1:25000
, 1997)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Concrete |
Recorder | Harvey, Alwyn (Fortress Study Group) |
Defence grouping |
Cornwall coast defences - Defences of the Cornwall coastal crust. |
Attached Sheets | (2) - sheets with attached photographs. |
Photographs |
![]() (5) - site views (1 DIGITISED). |
DOB site reference: | S0008273 |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1999/06/10 Field Visit, On 2000/04/07 |