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Metal rail 'hedgehog' at point where anti-tank ditch [filled-in] crosses the Sulham Brook.
(Source: Article 1994/12)
Two vertical rails embedded in concrete base. Clearly part of an anti-tank block at a gap in the anti-tank ditch. At edge of field not far from footpath.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/09/03)
Gap in anti-tank ditch at this point plotted from air photograph.
(Source: Air Photograph 1943/08/04)


      

        Type of site
        ANTI TANK VERTICAL RAIL
      

      

        Location
        Near the Sulham Brook, SW of Sulham Farm.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Sulham, Berkshire, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            SU 64231 74097
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Good

      

      

        Materials
        
            Concrete, 
            Iron
        
      

      

        Recorder
        Alexander, Colin (Pillbox Study Group)
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 GHQ Line: Red (Sulham Valley sector) - Length of the GHQ Stop Line: Red running between the Rivers Thames and Kennet, along the line of the Sulham Valley west of Reading. 

        		
      

      

        Photographs
        
View of ANTI TANK VERTICAL RAIL - S0005717
         

     see p98 'Ironside's Line'.  		
      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0005717

      

      

        Reference
        
             1994/12 Sulham Valley: A Heavy Concentration of Anti-Tank Pillboxes

             1999 Ironside's Line

             1943/08/04 16A/AC467 (frs.5013-5017)

        		
      


      

        Event
        
            Construction, In the period 1940/08 1940/12

            Field Visit, During 1994 

            Field Visit, On 2003/09/03 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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