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| HHER Number: | 10234 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | WORLD WAR II ANTI-TANK DITCH, OUTER LONDON STOP LINE WESTERN SECTION, FROM OTTERSPOOL, E OF WATFORD, TO SOUTH MIMMS |
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Summary - not yet available
| Grid Reference: | TL 173 003 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL10SE |
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| Parish: | Aldenham, Hertsmere, Hertfordshire |
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| Ridge, Hertsmere, Hertfordshire |
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| St. Stephen, St. Albans, Hertfordshire |
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| Shenley, Hertsmere, Hertfordshire |
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| Map: | Show location on Streetmap |
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Monument Types
- TANK TRAP (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Protected Status
- Registered Park or Garden 42: Wall Hall
- SHINE: WORLD WAR II ANTI-TANK DITCH, OUTER LONDON STOP LINE WESTERN SECTION, FROM OTTERSPOOL, E OF WATFORD, TO SOUTH MIMMS
- SHINE: Roman site, Netherwylde, Aldenham
- SHINE: Part of the World War II Outer London Stop Line
- SHINE: Part of the Outer London Stop Line anti-tank ditch
- SHINE: Porters Park post-medieval landscape park, incorporating part of the World War II Outer London Stop Line
Full description
Part of the western section of the World War II anti-tank ditch that ran through Hertfordshire as part of the Outer London Defence Ring <1>, still partly extant in APs taken by the RAF in 1946 <1>. Portions are still visible as cropmarks <2>.
See also [10232, 10233, 18018]. The course of the ditch was heavily augmented by pillboxes, seemingly at every directional change. The course of the Defence Ring evidently also made use of the river Colne to form a natural barrier along parts of this stretch.
<1> Hunns, Terry, RAF air photos in Herts County Record Office, digitized and interpreted, 4065-4075 (CPE/UK/1779) (Aerial Photograph). SHT4312.
<2> Hertfordshire County Council, HCC vertical photomapping, 2010 (Aerial Photograph). SHT8853.
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Aerial Photograph: Hunns, Terry. RAF air photos in Herts County Record Office, digitized and interpreted. 4065-4075 (CPE/UK/1779). |
| <2> | Aerial Photograph: Hertfordshire County Council. HCC vertical photomapping, 2010. |
Related records
| 18019 | Parent of: CROPMARKS OF POSSIBLE ANTI TANK DITCHES, BINGHAMS, ALDENHAM (Monument) |
| 6606 | Parent of: PILLBOX, GREEN STREET, SHENLEY (Building) |
| 6658 | Parent of: PILLBOX, NETHERWYLDE FARM, RIVER COLNE, RADLETT (Building) |
| 6605 | Parent of: PILLBOX, WOODHALL LANE, SHENLEY (Building) |
| 6604 | Parent of: PILLBOX, WOODHALL SPINNEY, WOODHALL LANE, SHENLEY (Building) |
| 6735 | Parent of: SITE OF ANTI-TANK OBSTACLE, NETHERWYLDE FARM, RADLETT (Monument) |
| 6609 | Parent of: SITE OF ANTI-TANK OBSTACLES, 17-19 LONDON ROAD, SHENLEY (Monument) |
| 10552 | Parent of: SITE OF CALTROP ANTI-TANK OBSTACLE, NEAR SOUTH MIMMS, POTTERS BAR (Monument) |
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