Monument record MDO43512 - Tank trap, Recreation Ground, Blandford Forum

A World War II tank trap recorded in the Recreation Ground, Blandford Forum. The tank trap comprises three concrete cubes which are the remains a line of thirty or more blocks which once ran across the Recreation Ground. Construction took place in 1940-41. A field visit in 1998 found the structures extant and in a fair condition.

3 surviving anti-tank cubes from a line of 30 plus that once ran across the Recreation Ground: they were still there in 1978.Park Road, Blandford Forum. <1>

<1> World Wide Web page at ;http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/specColl/dob/index.cfm (Digital archive). SDO17704.

<2> Historic England, Historic England Archive, DEB01 (Index). SDO14738.

Defence of Britain: This material has not yet been fully catalogued. Copyright, date, and quantity information for this record may be incomplete or inaccurate.Box files containing the record sheets gathered from participants in the Defence of Britain Project. The project recorded, with the help of volunteers, the remains of military structures in Britain. The collection is arranged by county and split between anti-invasion and non anti-invasion defences. The record sheets record the visible structures and include location details, structure type and purpose and include photographs

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Mar 1 2022 1:28PM