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Possible type 22 variant pillbox. 4 embrasures, all blocked up. Set into bank of River Adur, with field of fire across river and to airfield. Very poor condition. Steps down to entrance. Brick blast wall.
with PLAN drawn on form.
(Source: Field Visit 1997/11/11)
Type 22 pillbox facing E to cover River Adur; also part of airfield defences.
(Source: Book 1996)
Official Name | RAF Shoreham |
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Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22) |
Location | On the W bank of the River Adur at Shoreham Airport.
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Area |
Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, West, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 2048 0586
(Scale: 1:50000
, 1995)
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Period | WW2 |
Condition | Bad |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Farthing, Geoff (Pillbox Study Group) |
Defence grouping |
RAF Shoreham defences - Defences of Shoreham airfield. |
Photographs | (2) - exterior views (1 photocopy).. |
Adjacent sites | Non-standard pillbox to SW, TQ 208059. |
DOB site reference: | S0007623 |
Associated Identifier | West Sussex SMR (ref: 6555) |
Reference |
1985 Pillboxes: A Study of UK Defences 1996 Frontline Sussex: The Defence Lines of West Sussex 1939-1945. |
Event |
Field Visit, On 1997/11/11 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 |