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Anti-tank blocks and anti-tank wall running E - W across Cuckmere Valley. 17 blocks [see UORN 8609] and anti-tank wall.
with PLAN drawn on form.
(Source: Field Visit 1997/11/09)
Anti-tank wall made of corrugated-iron shuttered concrete. A rampart and anti-tank ditch are on the N side.
(Source: Field Visit 2001/06/28)
Type of site | ANTI TANK WALL |
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Location | W of Cuckmere Haven, nr. River Cuckmere and the Cable House. |
Area |
Seaford, Sussex, East, England |
Grid reference |
TV 51509 97774
(Scale: 1:25000
, 1990)
TV 51557 97800 (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 | (1) - site view. |
Adjacent sites | Non-standard pillbox to NW at TV 514978. |
DOB site reference: | S0008610 |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1997/11/09 Field Visit, On 2001/06/28 |