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Type 22 pillbox, facing S to cover the beaches and approaches to Thorney Island. Some original fittings still present. In situ casting of embrasures.
(Source: Book 1996)
Brick-shuttered pillbox.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/02)
Type 22 brick-shuttered pillbox, with Turnbull mountings that were fitted in March 1941 after the construction of the pillbox. The pillbox has suffered from the elements owing to its exposed position and the red-brick shuttering is falling away in places. The pillbox is on MoD land.
(Source: Field Visit 1998/04)


      

        Official Name
        RAF Thorney Island
      

      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22)
      

      

        Location
        Located on the S shoreline of Thorney Island, adjacent to the airfield perimeter track.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 West Thorney, Sussex, West, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            SU 7622 0122
             (Scale: 1:50000
              )
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Fair

      

      

        Materials
        
            Clay Brick, 
            Reinforced Concrete
        
      

      

        Threats
        
            Type: Natural erosion (Medium Term) 
Detail: The pillbox is in an exposed position and the red brick shuttering is falling away in places.

        		
      

      

        Recorder
        Brookhouse, Rita
      

      

        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. 

        		
      

      

        Photographs
        
View of PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) - S0002379
         

     (1) - exterior view (DIGITISED).  		
      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0002379

      

      

        Associated Identifier
        
            Defence Estate SMR (ref: WSTI35)
            West Sussex SMR (ref: 6448)
        
      

      

        Original Reference
        7709
      

      

        Reference
        
             1996 Frontline Sussex: The Defence Lines of West Sussex 1939-1945.

        		
      


      

        Event
        
            Construction, In the period 1940/07 1940/08

            Field Visit, During 1996/02 

            Modification, During 1941/03 

            Field Visit, During 1998/04 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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