{"id":4292,"date":"2013-01-24T17:38:31","date_gmt":"2013-01-24T17:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/psgwordpress\/?page_id=4292"},"modified":"2025-10-07T16:47:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T15:47:50","slug":"hazeley-heath-tank-testing-ramp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/hazeley-heath-tank-testing-ramp\/","title":{"rendered":"Hazeley Heath Tank Testing Ramp"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Military Concrete Remains on Hazeley Heath, Hartley Wintney, Hampshire.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

NGR SU764577<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Situated\u00c2\u00a0on Hazeley Heath Common near\u00a0Hartley Wintney are some unusual concrete structures that date from pre WW2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The concrete relics are fully accessible to the public and are at the end of a short concrete road leading from the main path from the heath, the double wall structure is placed in front of a 28ft x 27ft square which appears to be made of four individual Squares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The walls are 4ft high and 15ft apart, and they are reinforced by rail-line RSJ`s, between the walls iron RSJ structures run cross ways, these have\u00a0small concrete ramps in front of them,\u00a0at the\u00a0front is an angled concrete wedge which had some RSJ`s jutting from it in the past, these have since ben removed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About 75ft from the front of the wall is the top of the sloping ramp, this runs approximately\u00a0150ft to the bottom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the base is a large concrete foundation offset to the right.The slope is now heavily covered in moss and leaves, but its distinctive features can still be found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The width of the ramp is approx 8ft 3″, each raised side being about 2ft wide<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Running down each side are spaced large iron plates measuring 10″x15″, these are secured by studding approx every 4 ft or so. A short way down the ramp I discovered an overgrown walkway each side, this appears to have been formed by corrugated shuttering placed along the sides. The area is commonly known by locals as the” tank ramp”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was told this was used for tank evaluation and for testing of steel hawsers from possibly WW1 up including WW2., there are stories of a tank that had sunk into a nearby bog and was never recovered, sinking away from view, i have also heard of Metal tank tracks being found\u00a0on a \u00a0secluded part of the heath, these have yet to be discovered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Tim Denton 2003<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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Military Concrete Remains on Hazeley Heath, Hartley Wintney, Hampshire. NGR SU764577 Situated\u00c2\u00a0on Hazeley Heath Common near\u00a0Hartley Wintney are some unusual concrete structures that date from pre WW2. The concrete relics are fully accessible to the public and are at the end of a short concrete road leading from the main path from the heath, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5907,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[332,335],"class_list":["post-4292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hampshire","tag-hazeley","tag-ramp","czr-hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t