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Anti-invasion defence loophole in cream-painted wall, facing E along beach about 6ft from ground [This may be a surviving pillbox, but the rest of the structure is hidden from view].
(Source: Field Visit 1999/07/29)
Type of site | LOOPHOLED WALL |
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Location | Under end of West Pier, Brighton - on E side where end of pier meets vertical wall that forms front of Brighton promenade.
[Site location plan drawn on recording form]. |
Area |
Brighton, Brighton & Hove, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 303 040
(Scale: 1:50000
, 1995)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Concrete |
Threats |
Type: Development (Long Term) Detail: Possible development of shore end of pier |
Recorder | Burden, Susannah |
Defence grouping |
Sussex coast defences - Defences of the East and West Sussex coastlines, and their immediate hinterland. |
Photographs |
(1) - site view (DIGITISED). |
DOB site reference: | S0012250 |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1999/07/29 |