Monument Number 915832 |
| Hob Uid: 915832 | |
Location :
East Riding of Yorkshire
Hornsea
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| Grid Ref : TA2011646674 |
| Summary : World War II railway block comprising anti tank cubes, Hornsea seen on 1945 air photograph. No trace by 1992. |
More information : TA 2012 4667. Railway block.
This set of three anti-tank cubes were set on the railway behind
Marlbrough Avenue in Hornsea. They were intended to prevent enemy
tanks using the railway line as an easy way of movement in the event
of an invasion. The cubes were all of reinforced concrete
construction, and were plotted from aerial photographs dated 1945.
The site was also visited by the Fortress Studies Group in 1992
during the Holderness Survey; they found the site to be totally
destroyed. (1-1a)
The monument is also visible as upstanding structures on air photographs examined as part of the Rapid Coastal Assessment Survey of the Yorkshire and Humber Estuary.
(2)
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