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Line of anti-tank blocks plotted from German map.
(Source: Map 1941/06/01)
Document records the erection of 48 concrete 'pillars' on the S side of Pevensey Castle, 'within the original line of the wall'.
(Source: Document 1940/07/12)
Line of anti-tank cubes plotted from air photograph within wall perimeter of Castle. They had been removed by September 1946.
(Source: Air Photograph 1940/08/21)
Type of site | ANTI TANK BLOCK |
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Location | Running along line of S wall of Pevensey Castle and joining with NE angle of medieval castle. |
Area |
Pevensey, Sussex, East, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 6436 0468
TQ 6441 0469 TQ 6442 0472 TQ 6446 0474 |
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Removed |
Materials | Concrete |
Recorder | |
Defence grouping |
Sussex coast defences - Defences of the East and West Sussex coastlines, and their immediate hinterland. |
Photographs |
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DOB site reference: | S0016829 |
Reference |
1941/06/01 Sheet (Blatt) 134 1940/07/12 Pevensey Castle: Maintenance and Minor Works, 1940-1958 1940/08/21 26C/UK1443 (fr.1593) |
Event |
Construction, By 1940/08 Destruction, By 1946/09 |