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Standard FW3/24 (brick-shuttered) disguised to look like a barn with 6 sided pitched roof made from large fence poles, chicken wire and skim of concrete 10-30mm thick. Part of Newhaven - Penshurst stopline. Numbered A175. On banks of River Uck.
with PLAN
[Important as example of camouflage and should be preserved - AWF].
(Source: Field Visit 1996/01/14)
Type 24 thick-walled pillbox. With number 'A175'. Brick-shuttered, with roof added for camouflage intact. Remnants of camouflage paint on brick shuttering. Excellent condition [should be preserved].
(Source: Field Visit 1998/04/26)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
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Location | W side of footpath to Howbourne Farm, River Uck. |
Area |
Hadlow Down, Sussex, East, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 513 251
(Scale: 1:25000
, 1982)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Clay Brick, Clay Tile, Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Farthing, Geoff (Pillbox Study Group) |
Defence grouping |
South East Command: Corps (Rother) Stop Line - Stop line section from Uckfield to Romney Marsh. |
Photographs |
(2) - exterior views, inc. 1 photocopy (1 DIGITISED). |
Adjacent sites | FW3/24 pillbox to W (TQ 509249): FW3/24 pillbox to NE (TQ 515253). |
DOB site reference: | S0001528 |
Original Reference | 6837 |
Reference |
1996 Loopholes No.17 |
Event |
Field Visit, On 1996/01/14 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1998/04/26 |