2016
ST8806 : Defending Dorset in 1940: Blandford anti-tank island - anti-tank ditch (11)
taken 8 years ago, near to Blandford st Mary, Dorset, England
Defending Dorset in 1940: Blandford anti-tank island - anti-tank ditch (11)
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Anti-tank ditch: DoB ID: S0000125
The view south from the pillbox looking along the top of the reinforced concrete wall of the anti-tank ditch. It was designed to stop any tank that had made it across the river and the heavily mined Crown Meadows. The ditch was created in 1940-41 by utilising the natural features of a deer park's late C18 or early C19 brick and flint ha-ha. The 5' deep ha-ha was converted into an anti-tank ditch by creating a 45 degree slope to its approach, and facing the old flint wall with reinforced concrete. The 280 metre long ditch was covered by a pillbox at each end, one was here at Parklands, the other in the yard of the current BT premises in Shorts Lane.
ST8806 : Defending Dorset in 1940: Blandford anti-tank island - interpretation panel (12)
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