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Rectangular pillbox (wood-shuttered) with guarded entrance and open section to east. 4 large slit type embrasures with 1 medium. No blast wall. No other examples of this type in area (or seen anywhere as yet) - must have been built to suit for a purpose. [Recorder suspects 'to defend possible landing strip?].
(Source: Field Visit 1991/07/06)
Pillbox of unknown design, covering bridge over river at Boship Farm and the river E of its position.
[Recorder Sholl gives NGR - TQ 574112].
(Source: Field Visit 1998/07/14)
Type of site | PILLBOX (VARIANT) |
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Location | Welbury Farm, Lower Horsebridge, near Hailsham - in field E of Boship roundabout. |
Area |
Hellingly, Sussex, East, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 575 111
(Scale: 1:25000
, 1990)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Reinforced Concrete, Wood |
Recorder | Farthing, Geoff (Pillbox Study Group) |
Defence grouping |
South East Command: Division Stop Line - Stop line created by 38th (Welsh) Division, running W-E across parts of Hampshire, West and East Sussex, and Kent from Petersfield to the coast E of Hastings [See '38th (Welsh) Division Defence Scheme' - PRO WO 166/482]. |
Photographs |
(16) - 10 exterior and 6 interior views, inc. 6 photocopies (2 DIGITISED). |
DOB site reference: | S0001504 |
Original Reference | 6813 |
Reference |
1985 Pillboxes: A Study of UK Defences |
Event |
Field Visit, On 1991/07/06 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, In the period 1992 1994 Field Visit, On 1998/07/14 |