Second World War artefact

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Second World War artefact

Image: © John Baker Taken: 15 May 2016

It is located near to the entrance of Marden carpark from the High Street. The artefact is a 15” length of P.L.U.T.O. (an acronym for Pipeline Under The Ocean), complete with concrete anchor block, which Len Furnell found while ploughing at Gatehouse Farm on 22 January 2002. To support the allied invasion of Europe in 1944, petrol pipelines were laid on the sea-bed across the English Channel. The overland pipe, which carried fuel from storage depots in the Avonmouth and Mersey areas through Walton on Thames and East Peckham to the pumping stations at Dungeness, came through Marden http://www.mardenhistory.org.uk/home/?page_id=1460 The whole length and concrete anchor block have been considerably cleaned up and the pipe has been painted.

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