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32 (approx.) anti-tank 'pimples' set in rows on grass in grounds of Rye Ambulance Station.
(Source: Field Visit 2000/09/02)
34 x concrete anti-tank 'pimples' set in grounds of ambulance station
(Source: Field Visit 1998/08/08)
Type of site | PIMPLE |
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Location | On W side of A268 Rye Road at Playden, opposite 'Oakfield', in grounds of Rye Ambulance Station.
[Location plan drawn on form]. |
Area |
Playden, Sussex, East, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 919 216
(Scale: 1:25000
, 1998)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Concrete |
Recorder | Farthing, Geoff (Pillbox Study Group) |
Defence grouping |
Rye nodal point - Defences of Rye Category 'A' nodal point. Cassini ref. R3538. [Source: List of Nodal Points in Eastern Command, 1940 - PRO WO 199/544]. Also designated a 'fortress' [Source: 45 Div. Defence Scheme, 1940 - PRO WO 166/536]. South East Command: Stop Line (Romney Marsh) - Stop Line from Rye (East Sussex) to Sandgate E of Hythe (Kent), following the line of the Royal Military Canal. |
Photographs |
(2) - site views (1 DIGITISED). |
DOB site reference: | S0012084 |
Event |
Field Visit, On 2000/09/02 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1998/08/08 |