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FW3/24 pillbox identification number A112 (marked on internal blast wall). Good internal condition, but some graffiti. Brick skinned, reinforced concrete. Defended E approach across valley.
(Source: Field Visit 1995/03/04)
Bunker.
(Source: Map 2000/08/03)
Brick-shuttered type 24 pillbox. Exterior brick work largely intact.Overgrown. Faces E.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/12/04)


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24)
      

      

        Location
        At S edge of Hornshurst Wood above steep fall-away to stream, adjacent to Crowborough - Ashurst railway line and footpath.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Rotherfield, Sussex, East, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            TQ 54601 30971
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Fair

      

      

        Materials
        
            Clay Brick, 
            Reinforced Concrete
        
      

      

        Threats
        
            Type: Plant growth (Long Term) 
Detail: The pillbox is overgrown.

        		
      

      

        Recorder
        Farthing, Martin
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 GHQ Line (East Sussex / Kent) - Section from Crowborough - Penshurst, passing to the W of Tunbridge Wells. 

        		
      

      

        Photographs
        
View of PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) - S0000635
         

       		
      

      

        Adjacent sites
        Pillboxes FW3/24 at TQ 546306 and TQ 547312.

      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0000635

      

      

        Reference
        
             1985 Pillboxes: A Study of UK Defences

             2000/08/03 Old Lodge Warren and Extension

        		
      


      

        Event
        
            Field Visit, On 1995/03/04 

            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

            Field Visit, On 2003/12/04 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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