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Standard type 25 circular pillbox, with 3 embrasures: corrugated iron shuttering. Situated on high ground with field of fire across the Cuckmere River valley.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/04/25)
Standard type 25 Armco pillbox 1.83m diameter internally, with corrugated steel formwork externally, 3 embrasures and an entrance, which has been enlarged with the top cut away.
(Source: Field Visit 1999/02/28)
'Armco' pillbox.
(Source: Field Visit )
Type 25 pillbox on side of high bank. Faces W. Ground eroded under leading edge.
(Source: Field Visit 2001/06/28)
Document source gives a pillbox at Cassini ref. 954182 which appears to be to this pillbox rather than UORN 13680 to the north.
(Source: Document 1940/12)
| Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/25) |
|---|---|
| Location | On side of high bank, on E side of river, at Cuckmere Haven, Seven Sisters Country Park, Exceat. |
| Area |
Westdean, Sussex, East, England |
| Grid reference |
TV 52120 99249
(Scale: 1:10000
, 1990)
|
| Period | WW2 |
| Condition | Good |
| Materials | Corrugated Iron, Reinforced Concrete |
| Threats |
Type: Animal burrowing (Immediate) Detail: The pillbox is to be removed due to its precarious position. Erosion by sheep and rabbits has undermined the base of the pillbox, and it is considered that for reasons of public safety it must be removed [it is hoped it will go to the museum at Shoreham Airfield]. Type: Natural erosion (Immediate) Detail: The ground under the leading edge of the pillbox has eroded away. There is a danger of collapse or removal. |
| 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. |
| Attached Sheets | (1) -sheet with elevations and interior plan.
(1) - elevation of pillbox. |
| Photographs |
(5) - exterior views. |
| DOB site reference: | S0001495 |
| Original Reference | 6804 |
| Reference |
Operation Cuckmere Haven 1940/12 219th Infantry Brigade War Diary |
| Event |
Field Visit, On 1996/04/25 Field Visit, On 1998/02/20 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, In the period 1995 1998 Field Visit, On 1999/02/28 Field Visit, On 2001/06/28 |
