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Type 23 pillbox, facing E to cover River Adur; also part of airfield defences. Demolished to base level in 1995 to clear flight path.
(Source: Book 1996)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/23) |
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Location | Located on the W bank of the River Adur at Shoreham Airport. |
Area |
Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, West, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 207 055
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Osborne, Mike (Defence of Britain Project) |
Defence grouping |
RAF Shoreham defences - Defences of Shoreham airfield. |
Photographs | (2) - exterior views (photocopies). |
DOB site reference: | S0002251 |
Associated Identifier | West Sussex SMR (ref: 6550) |
Original Reference | 7580 |
Reference |
1996 Frontline Sussex: The Defence Lines of West Sussex 1939-1945. |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, In the period 1994 1998 |