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Five rows of sockets for anti-tank vertical rails (roadblock) on the concrete slipway at Star Gap.
(Source: Field Visit 1997)
Type of site | ANTI TANK VERTICAL RAIL |
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Location | Star Gap, S of High Street, Shoreham. |
Area |
Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, West, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 2149 0499
(Scale: 1:25000
, 1975)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Concrete |
Recorder | Armishaw, A. |
Defence grouping |
Sussex coast defences - Defences of the East and West Sussex coastlines, and their immediate hinterland. Shoreham nodal point - Defences of Shoreham coastal town nodal point. Cassini ref. Q6524. [Source: Nodal Points, Appendix D to West Sussex Sub-District Defence Scheme, 1943 - PRO WO 166/11008]. |
Attached Sheets | (1) - sheet with photocopied photographs. |
Photographs |
(2) -- site views (colour photocopies). (1 DIGITISED). |
DOB site reference: | S0015357 |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, During 1997 |