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6 x anti-tank 'coffins', defending road bridge over the River Arun.
(Source: Book 1996)
5 x anti-tank cubes parallel with the lane.
(Source: Field Visit 2001/07)
Type of site | CUBE |
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Location | Handcross: on N side of Carterslodge Lane immediately E of Carterslodge Pond. |
Area |
Slaugham, Sussex, West, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 2433 2941
(Scale: 1:25000
, 1997)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Concrete |
Recorder | Tritton, Paul (Kent Defence Research Group) |
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. Handcross nodal point - Defences of Handcross Category 'B' nodal point. Cassini ref. Q7048. [Source: List of Nodal Points in Eastern Command, 1940 - PRO WO 199/544]. |
Photographs |
(2) - site views (1 DIGITISED). |
DOB site reference: | S0008041 |
Associated Identifier | West Sussex SMR (ref: 6563) |
Reference |
1996 Frontline Sussex: The Defence Lines of West Sussex 1939-1945. |
Event |
Field Visit, During 2001/07 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 |