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Non-standard square shape pillbox, built into castle wall (faced with flint for camouflage) - 1 embrasure looking east. Corrugated iron shuttering of roof. Brick internal shuttering. Rubbish inside.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/04/05)
Square structure plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1964)
Machine gun emplacement, with long horizontal embrasure, built on top of Roman wall. Position marked with plaque inside Castle. No interior access.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/12/10)
Official Name | Pevensey Castle |
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Type of site | MACHINE GUN EMPLACEMENT |
Location | E side of Roman walls of Pevensey Castle, S of Roman East Gate and tower. |
Area |
Pevensey, Sussex, East, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 64560 04845
(Scale: 1:2500
, 1964)
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Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Clay Brick, Corrugated Iron, Flint, Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Farthing, Geoff (Pillbox Study Group) |
Defence grouping |
Pevensey nodal point - Defences of Pevensey Category 'A' nodal point. Cassini ref. R0723. [Source: List of Nodal Points in Eastern Command, 1940 - PRO WO 199/544]. Also designated a 'fortress' [Source: 45 Div. Defence Scheme, 1940 - PRO WO 166/536]. |
Photographs |
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Adjacent sites | 5 other non-standard pillboxes built into Pevensey Castle. |
DOB site reference: | S0001510 |
Original Reference | 6819 |
Event |
Field Visit, On 1996/04/05 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 2003/12/10 |