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Gun emplacement (25pdr.), facing N, covering road bridge and approaches to Thorney Island
(Source: Book 1996)
Type of site | GUN EMPLACEMENT |
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Location | Thorney Island: 300 yards S of road bridge over the Great Deep, Emsworth Road, Thorney Island. |
Area |
West Thorney, Sussex, West, England |
Grid reference |
SU 7533 0376
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Concrete |
Recorder | Mace, Martin (Historic Military Press) |
Defence grouping |
Sussex coast defences - Defences of the East and West Sussex coastlines, and their immediate hinterland. RAF Thorney Island defences - Defences of the airfield of RAF Thorney Island. |
DOB site reference: | S0002378 |
Associated Identifier | Defence Estate SMR (ref: WSTI33) West Sussex SMR (ref: 6447) |
Original Reference | 7708 |
Reference |
1996 Frontline Sussex: The Defence Lines of West Sussex 1939-1945. |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 |