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'Hillside Pillbox No.1' [from gazetteer in book]. [Photograph shows this pillbox to be circular and made with corrugated iron shuttering].
(Source: Book 1996)
Type of site | PILLBOX |
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Location | HMS Forward, Newhaven. |
Area |
South Heighton, Sussex, East, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 4495 0265
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Unknown |
Materials | Concrete, Corrugated Iron |
Recorder | Ellis, Geoffrey |
Defence grouping |
Sussex coast defences - Defences of the East and West Sussex coastlines, and their immediate hinterland. HMS Forward defences - Ground defences of the Newhaven Royal Naval Headquarters. |
Attached Sheets | (11) - Records of HMS Forward itself, underground Combined Headquarters for Newhaven Naval Sub-Command. |
Photographs |
(1) - exterior view taken June 1964 (DIGITISED). |
DOB site reference: | S0013351 |
Reference |
1996 The Secret Tunnels of South Heighton |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 |