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5: CASE STUDY 2: THE CZECH/AUSTRIAN BORDER Figure 70: Sign stating the site’s name: ‘Shooting Range’. Photo: Anna McWilliams 2011. Figure 71: Ford reinforced by concrete slabs. Photo: Anna McWilliams 2011. 153
AN ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE IRON CURTAIN Searching the landscape My guide has promised to show me a soldier’s hut hidden in the woodland and we are charging through the terrain, jumping over streams, climbing over large, fallen tree trunks and balancing to keep ourselves steady on the sides of the hill. The terrain here can be difficult to manoeuvre around but eventually we reach our destination. Here, along the Dyji River, into the woodlands and away from the tourist trails, is a small guard hut at the base of a slope (Figure 72–74). It is located along an old road between Vranov nad Dyji and Hardegg that is barely decipherable in the landscape today. The small hut was used by soldiers but is now in a poor state. It consisted of only one small room and was kept warm in the winter through the use of a small wood burner. With the exception of the floor the entire hut is covered by graffiti. Most of the writings refer to the end of the soldier’s service with many stating how many days they have left. Some of the numbers also have a name and a date next to them. The dates range from 1978 to 1990. The floor of this hut consists of the same tiled floor as at the border guard stations suggesting they were built at the same time. The door has been taken off the hinges and left leaning against the back of the building. There is one window opening but the actual window has been removed from the site. Outside the hut the ground is littered with concrete slabs and iron rods. It is not possible to say exactly what these have been used for but they are likely to have been part of a vehicle obstacle. Figure 72: Small guard hut located along the river in the study area. Photo: Anna McWilliams 2011. As we can see from these remains it is not just traces of the actual fences that help us understand how the former militarised border functioned but also other features that were also important parts of the border infrastructure put in place to keep any unauthorised persons out. There are 154
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Contents Acknowledgements 11 CHAPTE
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SAMMANFATTNING En fysisk metafor I
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