A Barbed Wire Corkscrew Picket? An unusual find and not what I was expecting to find at this location. Used to secure barbed wire in order to create obstacles or defences, they were often used in conjunction with other features such as machine gun positions, trenches or pillboxes; none of those are apparent at first glance, though further exploration may lead to something. Being near the east/west main line and near a crossing point, so it is likely it's defence necessitated wire and pickets. There's certainly no pillbox in the vicinity, not that I've seen or seen recorded anyway; there are two nearby though, about .5 mile in each direction, again at crossing points, although more significant ones. Worth a bit more investigation I think.
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