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Type 24 variant pillbox. 5 x embrasures with no rear embrasures on either side of entrance. Unusual exterior embrasure design. Semi-circular gun platforms at each embrasure with semi-circular concrete ring near floor: wooden blocks fitted to ring with a further wooden block under the embrasure. Y-shaped brick blast wall. Whitewashed interior.
with PLAN drawn on form.
(Source: Field Visit 1999/04/11)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
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Location | Bivelham Forge Farm, Bivelham Forge, nr. Witherendon Hill. |
Area |
Wadhurst, Sussex, East, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 646 268
(Scale: 1:25000
)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Farthing, Geoff (Pillbox Study Group) |
Defence grouping |
South East Command: Corps (Rother) Stop Line - Stop line section from Uckfield to Romney Marsh. |
Photographs |
(6) - 2 x exterior and 4 x interior views (2 DIGITISED). |
Adjacent sites | Non-standard pillbox to W at TQ 638265. |
DOB site reference: | S0012087 |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1999/04/11 |