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Type of rectangular HMG emplacement, with 6 very wide and open embrasures, each fronting a Vickers table. At each front corner is a horizontal slit.
(Source: Field Visit 1993)
Machine gun pillbox. Concrete tables are in position beneath the embrasures (interior).
(Source: Field Visit 2000/07/24)
Coastal 'strongbox'.
[The accompanying plan was prepared by the recorder for East Sussex County Council].
(Source: Field Visit 1994/10)
Type of site | MACHINE GUN EMPLACEMENT |
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Location | At the entrance to Rye Harbour, on W bank of River Rother. |
Area |
Rye, Sussex, East, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 948 181
(Scale: 1:25000
, 1997)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Osborne, Mike (Defence of Britain Project) |
Defence grouping |
Sussex coast defences - Defences of the East and West Sussex coastlines, and their immediate hinterland. Rye nodal point - Defences of Rye Category 'A' nodal point. Cassini ref. R3538. [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]. |
Attached Sheets | (1) - plan. |
Photographs |
(7) - 3 interior, 4 exterior views (photocopies and prints) (2 DIGITISED). |
DOB site reference: | S0006989 |
Reference |
Pillbox Typology Part 3: Square and Rectangular Types |
Event |
Field Visit, During 1993 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 2000/07/24 Field Visit, During 1994/10 |