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Four long horizontal machine gun embrasures in a section post constructed amongst fallen masonry below the Keep. A flight of concrete steps close by may have provided access.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/12/10)
Type of site | MACHINE GUN EMPLACEMENT |
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Location | Within masonry of the ruined NE section of the wall of the medieval castle at Pevensey. |
Area |
Pevensey, Sussex, East, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 64567 04781
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Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Concrete |
Recorder | Foot, William (English Heritage Defence Areas Project) |
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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DOB site reference: | S0016913 |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 2003/12/10 |