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Large pillbox, with 2 separate rooms. Square embrasure, with machine gun mounting plate beneath it, facing SE across river crossing, with brick shuttered walls; concrete roof. Overgrown.
(Source: Field Visit 1997/04/23)
Type 28a anti-tank emplacement.
(Source: Field Visit 1997)
Type 28a anti-tank gun emplacement. Brick-shuttered exterior; interior with brick dividing blast wall. Holdfast mounting in main gun chamber. Whitewashed. Wood shelf in machine gun chamber. Brick shelf supports. Two vents at rear and in corner. Sunken entrance in slope with brick guarded entrance with rifle embrasure at side. Field of fire S to road / river bridge and seep river cutting.
with PLAN drawn on form.
(Source: Field Visit 1999/04/11)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/28A) |
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Location | On land belonging to Waterloo Farm [Bivelham Farm]. At side of public footpath. |
Area |
Wadhurst, Sussex, East, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 6363 2646
(Scale: 1:25000
)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
Threats |
Type: Plant growth (Long Term) Detail: Site overgrown. |
Recorder | Pilling, B. (Mayfield Local History Society) |
Defence grouping |
South East Command: Corps (Rother) Stop Line - Stop line section from Uckfield to Romney Marsh. |
Photographs |
(3) - 1 x exterior, 2 x interior views (1 DIGITISED). |
Adjacent sites | Type 24 pillbox to E at TQ 646268. |
DOB site reference: | S0000632 |
Event |
Field Visit, On 1997/04/23 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1999/04/11 Field Visit, During 1997 |