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20 x square (1m x 1m) anti-tank blocks with pyramids on top of each one, forming line E - W to River Cuckmere. There are other anti-tank blocks on the W side of the river.
(Source: Field Visit 1997/10/12)
20 x anti-tank cubes with conical tops set on a concrete base forming a slightly concave line (looking from the sea) to the immediate E of the Cuckmere river. [see also UORN 14662].
(Source: Field Visit 2001/06/20)


      

        Type of site
        CUBE
      

      

        Location
        On E bank of Cuckmere River at Cuckmere Haven, off South Downs Way in Seven Sisters Country Park.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Westdean, Sussex, East, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            TV 51676 97852
             (Scale: 1:10000
              , 1990)
            

            TV 51630 97828
             (Scale: 1:10000
              )
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Good

      

      

        Materials
        
            Concrete
        
      

      

        Recorder
        Farthing, Geoff (Pillbox Study Group)
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 Sussex coast defences - Defences of the East and West Sussex coastlines, and their immediate hinterland. 

 
 Sussex coast defences (Cuckmere Haven) - Fortifications protecting the coastal valley of the River Cuckmere, East Sussex. 

        		
      

      

        Photographs
        
View of CUBE - S0000807
         

     (2) views (DIGITISED).  		
      

      

        Adjacent sites
        Anti-tank blocks to W at TV 515978.

      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0000807

      


      

        Event
        
            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

            Field Visit, On 1997/10/12 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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