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The Guardian - UK
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Mark Brown

Dragon’s teeth and elf garden among 2025 additions to English heritage list

Rows of concrete barriers in a wooded area
The dragon’s teeth in Thorneycroft Wood, Surrey, were built in 1941-42 to defend against invasion. Photograph: Historic England

If Nazi tanks had ever attempted to invade Guildford, they surely would have been thwarted by concrete pyramid-shaped obstacles known as “dragon’s teeth”.

Eight decades after the defences were installed in Surrey woodland, their history is being remembered by Historic England (HE), which has included them on its list of remarkable historic places granted protection in 2025.

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