Defence of Britain Database Anti-invasion record: S0008552

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Anti-tank ditch. Still survives within woodland.
(Source: Book 1999)
Unfilled anti-tank ditch.
(Source: Book 1999)
Remarkable surviving sections (some 500 yards) of anti-tank ditch running within woodland. Long lengths survive to original width and depth, and include the sharp-angled corners and a short spur length running up to pillbox UORN 8550. The rampart of the ditch, on its N and E side, also survives. The ditch (in its best preserved sections) is some 15ft wide at the top and 6ft at the bottom, with a depth of some 10ft. The rampart is some 15ft wide and 2ft-3ft high.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/02/05)
Anti-tank ditch plotted from air photograph.
(Source: Air Photograph 1946/01/14)

Type of site	ANTI TANK DITCH
Location	Running on S edge of Hog Wood.
Area	Hinton Charterhouse, Bath and North East Somerset, England
Grid reference	ST 7725 5956 ST 7737 5955 ST 7749 5952 ST 7737 5952 ST 7742 5945
Period	WW2
Condition	Good
Materials	Earthwork
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	(1) - general view
DOB site reference:	S0008552
Reference	1999 Ironside's Line 1999 Warwalks: Stop Line Green 1946/01/14 3G/TUD/UK/25 (frs.5165-5166)
Event	Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 2003/02/05