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Type 24 pillbox, facing S to cover the road bridge over the River Arun.
(Source: Book 1996)
Rectangular brick-shuttered pillbox - faces SE. In private garden.
[Digital archive - Surrey Industrial Society].
(Source: Field Visit 1989/08/01)
Rectangular structure plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1974)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
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Location | In private garden near Wanford Bridges, S of Bucks Green. |
Area |
Rudgwick, Sussex, West, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 08259 32769
(Scale: 1:2500
, 1974)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Unknown |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | |
Defence grouping |
South East Command: Stop Line (West Sussex) - [Possible] stop line running from the coast W of Littlehampton, and following the course of the River Arun, north via Arundel, Pulborough and Billingshurst (the line of Stane Street Roman road) to join the W - E GHQ Line). Bucks Green defended village - Defences of the defended village of Bucks Green. [Source: North Susex Sub Area 'Plan to Defeat Invasion', 1942 - (NA):PRO WO 166/6780]. |
DOB site reference: | S0008034 |
Associated Identifier | West Sussex SMR (ref: 6499) |
Reference |
1996 Frontline Sussex: The Defence Lines of West Sussex 1939-1945. |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1989/08/01 |