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Concrete-faced machine gun emplacement amongst thick vegetation. Another stands close by.
(Source: Field Visit 2000/08/11)
Type of site | MACHINE GUN EMPLACEMENT |
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Location | Sand dunes between Coastguard Cottages and Camber Sands |
Area |
Rye, Sussex, East, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 958 188
(Scale: 1:25000
, 1997)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Reinforced Concrete |
Threats |
Type: Subsidence (Medium Term) Detail: The emplacement is sinking into the sand dunes. |
Recorder | Urquhart, Cyril |
Defence grouping |
Sussex coast defences - Defences of the East and West Sussex coastlines, and their immediate hinterland. |
Photographs |
(1) - site view (DIGITISED). |
DOB site reference: | S0012505 |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 2000/08/11 |