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Type of rectangular HMG emplacement, with an almost continuous 'firing slit' broken only by the entrance and the vertical roof supports.
[Recorder Osborne gives NGR as TQ 933203].
(Source: Field Visit 1993)
Machine gun emplacement with almost continuous narrow firing embrasure around the structure. Concrete-faced.
(Source: Field Visit 2000/08/11)
Type of site | MACHINE GUN EMPLACEMENT |
---|---|
Location | Bewlwater Lake, E of the River Rother, E of Rye. |
Area |
Rye, Sussex, East, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 931 202
(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]. |
Photographs |
(3) - interior and exterior views (print (Urquhart - DIGITISED, and photocopies). |
DOB site reference: | S0006990 |
Reference |
Pillbox Typology Part 3: Square and Rectangular Types |
Event |
Field Visit, During 1993 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 2000/08/11 |