Denemouth South Beach Photo

Tank Trap, Horden Dene Holme

It consist of four concrete blocks on a concrete raft foundation http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/K2P.nsf/K2PDetail?readform&PRNMAP=D8245 The WWII coastal defences were all part of a system known as 'Ironsides Crust', after General Edmund Ironside, who as Commander-in-Chief of Home Forces (the Home Guard), was in charge of these fortifications http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/invasion_ww2_01.shtml

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