05/1999 10 anti-tank cylinders, 4 to the N and 4 to the S of the entrance to Kingsmill Farm, not in original Location. A letter from David Dennett adds the following information on this site: The owner of Kingsmill Farm is a Richard Freeth said that at the end of the war the cylinders were to be blown up at their then Location of the bridge over the River Ray (SU 119927). His late Grandfather persuaded the demolition team to move them close to their present Location, quite why is unknown.
There they remained for the next 30 years. According to Richard Freeth they became a valuable indicator as to the position of his business when directing lorry drivers etc. When the A419 was to become a dual carriageway some years ago, the Department of Transport and the local Council apparently intended to remove them yet again.
The current Mr. Freeth, like his Grandfather, again persuaded them to move them some tens of yards to the W to where they are currently located. From Richard Freeths explanation it is believed that legal action and a recourse to compulsory purchase would have been the only way he would part with the cylinders.
(Letter dated 7th April 2000).