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Type 24 pillbox, facing E, covering Shripney Lane bridge and approaches from the coast: strengthened lower walls and has enlarged embrasures.
(Source: Book 1996)
Type 24 pillbox with brick shuttering, half brick thick, 5 principal embrasures stepped internally and externally, and with 2 splayed embrasures by the entrance. Central anti-ricochet wall, T-shaped. Concrete weapon shelves inside embrasures.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/06/22)
Type 24 irregular hexagonal pillbox, with the entrance in the longer side. 7 x embrasures. Covering Shripney Lane Bridge and approaches from the coast. Strengthened lower walls. Enlarged embrasures.
(Source: SMR 1997)
| Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
|---|---|
| Location | At North Bersted, 200 yards W of Shripney Land road bridge, Shripney Lane. |
| Area |
Bersted, Sussex, West, England |
| Grid reference |
SU 9262 0160
(Scale: 1:25000
)
|
| Period | WW2 |
| Condition | Fair |
| Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
| Recorder | Martin, R.G. (Sussex Industrial Archaeology Society) |
| Defence grouping |
Sussex coast defences - Defences of the East and West Sussex coastlines, and their immediate hinterland. |
| Adjacent sites | Pillbox at SU 923015. |
| DOB site reference: | S0002384 |
| Associated Identifier | West Sussex SMR (ref: 6454) |
| Original Reference | 7714 |
| Reference |
1996 Frontline Sussex: The Defence Lines of West Sussex 1939-1945. |
| Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1996/06/22 |
