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Type 24 pillbox, with ' A110' marked on blast wall. Brick-skinned interior and exterior. In excellent condition inside, medium condition outside. Low retaining wall for entrance with steps (made of concrete with brick wall). Has 2 slots in wall inside below embrasure.
(Source: Field Visit 1995/02/26)
Bunker.
(Source: Map 2000/08/03)
Hexagonal pillbox plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet. Faces SE.
(Source: Map 1970)
Fine example of a brick-shuttered type 24 pillbox in good, clean condition, but with the stream bank on which it sits partly undermined by the water. Faces E. Flight of steps down to entrance in N face. Interior access possible.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/12/04)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
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Location | On edge of stream by footbridge, with railway embankment behind, just N of disused reservoir pumping station, Hornshurst Wood. |
Area |
Rotherfield, Sussex, East, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 54731 31380
(Scale: 1:2500
, 1970)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
Threats |
Type: River bank erosion (Medium Term) Detail: The base of the pillbox is being undermined by the stream, and the pillbox will eventually fall unless work is carried out to consolidate it. |
Recorder | Farthing, Geoff (Pillbox Study Group) |
Defence grouping |
GHQ Line (East Sussex / Kent) - Section from Crowborough - Penshurst, passing to the W of Tunbridge Wells. |
Photographs |
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Adjacent sites | Type 24 pillboxes at TQ 547312 and TQ 548315. |
DOB site reference: | S0000666 |
Reference |
2000/08/03 Old Lodge Warren and Extension |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1995/02/26 Field Visit, During 2000 Field Visit, On 2003/12/04 |