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Anti-tank ditch running W-E from E bank of Cuckmere River, now either infilled or part of lake [shown on German map of British defences and German and British aerial photographs].
[see also UORN 11621 for record of surviving section].
(Source: Map 1941)
Type of site | ANTI TANK DITCH |
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Location | Running W - E north of the beach of Cuckmere Haven and E of the River Cuckmere. |
Area |
Westdean, Sussex, East, England |
Grid reference |
TV 5170 9785
TV 5202 9772 |
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Infilled |
Materials | Earthwork |
Recorder | |
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. |
DOB site reference: | S0014647 |
Reference |
1941/06/01 Sheet (Blatt) 134 1940/10/23 Taktisches Luftbildbuch Nr.3 |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940/06 1940/10 Infill, Before 1985 |