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Type 24 pillbox (identification number A251 marked on blast wall). Brick skinned exterior, breaking away near roof. Concrete shelf supports. Situated near River Ouse using river channels for defence.
(Source: Field Visit 1995/03/31)
Type 24 pillbox. Brick-shuttered. Has number A251 stencilled on an interior wall.
(Source: Field Visit 1998/09/23)
Type 24 pillbox. 'Thick-walled'. A251.
(Source: Field Visit 1997)
Small hexagonal pillbox plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet. Faces N.
(Source: Map 1976)
Brick-shuttered type 24 pillbox in good condition, but overgrown on its roof. Faces S. Exterior red bricks. 'A251' stencilled on interior anti-ricochet wall. Wet inside. Access possible, including interior.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/12/09)


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24)
      

      

        Location
        At Barcombe Mills, near River Ouse off Barcombe Mills Road.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Barcombe, Sussex, East, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            TQ 43410 14778
             (Scale: 1:2500
              , 1976)
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Good

      

      

        Materials
        
            Clay Brick, 
            Reinforced Concrete
        
      

      

        Threats
        
            Type: Flooding (Long Term) 
Detail: Pillbox fills with water from nearby channel of the River Ouse.

            Type: Plant growth (Long Term) 
Detail: The pillbox is partly overgrown, particularly on its roof.

        		
      

      

        Recorder
        Farthing, Geoff (Pillbox Study Group)
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 GHQ Line (East Sussex) - Newhaven - Crowborough reserve stop line. 

        		
      

      

        Photographs
        
View of PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) - S0000709
View of PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) - S0000709
         

       		
      

      

        Adjacent sites
        Type 24 pillboxes at TQ 433148 and TQ 435148. 

      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0000709

      

      

        Reference
        
             1985 Pillboxes: A Study of UK Defences

              The Pillbox Walk

        		
      


      

        Event
        
            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

            Field Visit, On 1995/03/31 

            Field Visit, On 1998/09/23 

            Field Visit, During 1997 

            Field Visit, On 2003/12/09 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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