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Pillbox type 26, facing E to cover the River Adur; also part of airfield defences
(Source: Book 1996)
Square pillbox, brick-clad, with chamfered corners. Blast wall on S side. [Recorder sees from moving train].
(Source: Field Visit 1999/07/29)
Official Name | RAF Shoreham |
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Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/26) |
Location | Located on the W bank of the River Adur at the SE corner of Shoreham Airport.
with site location PLAN drawn on form. |
Area |
Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, West, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 206 058
(Scale: 1:50000
, 1995)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Burden, Susannah |
Defence grouping |
RAF Shoreham defences - Defences of Shoreham airfield. |
Photographs | (3) - exterior views. |
DOB site reference: | S0002247 |
Original Reference | 7576 |
Reference |
1996 Frontline Sussex: The Defence Lines of West Sussex 1939-1945. |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 |