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Type 24 pillbox, close to River Ouse, with 1 foot thick walls. Field slopes up behind pillbox.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/09/02)
Facing S to cover road and rail bridges over the River Ouse. Interior fittings still complete.
(Source: Book 1996)
Type 24 pillbox, brick-shuttered, with protected entrance and distinctive outer embrasure design.
(Source: Field Visit )


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24)
      

      

        Location
        Two and a half miles S of Balcombe, W of Haywards Heath road and railway viaduct, close to River Ouse.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Ardingly, Sussex, West, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            TQ 3202 2786
             (Scale: 1:50000
              )
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Fair

      

      

        Materials
        
            Clay Brick, 
            Reinforced Concrete
        
      

      

        Recorder
        Hooker, T.P.
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 South East Command: Corps Stop Line (Guildford to Uckfield) - Stop Line running SE from Guildford, via Horsham, to join with the Rother Stop Line at Uckfield. 

        		
      

      

        Attached Sheets
        (7) - report on the pillbox [see reference].

      

      

        Photographs
        
     (4) - 3 exterior, 1 interior views (photocopies).  
      

      

        Adjacent sites
        Another pillbox 700 yards to E, part of line protecting River Ouse

      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0000031

      

      

        Associated Identifier
        
            West Sussex SMR (ref: 6593)
        
      

      

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

        		
      


      

        Event
        
            Field Visit, On 1996/09/02 

            Field Visit, In the period 1992 1994

            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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