Name: Thorneycroft Wood Dragon's Teeth Anti-Tank Defences
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3. Guildford Castle Grounds – View of Guildford High Street loop from Worplesdon

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Mark Saunders

January 16, 2024

These concrete obstacles were constructed from 1941 during the Second World War and were intended impede the movement of invading German tanks and other armoured vehicles.

They constitute perhaps the best surviving example of dragon’s teeth emplacement in Surrey. They are so well preserved that some people even wonder if they are post-war imitations created for TV or a film programme!

These defences descend the slope through Thorneycroft Wood to the edge of a channel of the River Wey. They comprise five rows of dragon’s teeth which take the form of flat-topped pyramids made of reinforced concrete. Some of these pyramids are capped by jagged bits of metal that would have supported wire tangles to obstruct passage between and over the dragon’s teeth.

Nearby there are also at least three rifle pits formed with cement-filled sandbags.

David

November 6, 2022

Anti tank dragon teeth

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Location: Surrey, South East England, England, United Kingdom

Thorneycroft Wood Dragon's Teeth Anti-Tank Defences

1. Towpath Along the River Wey – Riverside Nature Reserve loop from Burpham

2. Riverside Nature Reserve – Towpath Along the River Wey loop from Abbotswood

3. Guildford Castle Grounds – View of Guildford High Street loop from Worplesdon

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