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Standard type 24 pillbox (identification no. A255 marked on blast wall). Brick skinned exterior, wood-shuttered interior. Cast concrete shelf supports. Concrete foundations extend 0.7m around outside of pillbox.
(Source: Field Visit 1995/03/31)
Type 24 pillbox. Has number A255 stencilled on an interior wall. Brick-shuttered.
(Source: Field Visit 1998/09/23)
Type 24 pillbox. 'Thick-walled'. A255.
(Source: Field Visit 1997)
Pillbox [shown on German map of British defences].
(Source: Map 1941)
Hexagonal pillbox (type 24) plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet. Faces SE.
(Source: Map 1976)
Pillbox plotted from air photograph.
(Source: Air Photograph 1960/11/05)
Brick-shuttered type 24 pillbox, viewed from a distance. No access without trespass - in private field. Faces River Ouse (SE).
(Source: Field Visit 2003/12/09)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
---|---|
Location | Below disused railway embankment close to bank of River Ouse, S of former Barcombe Mills railway station. |
Area |
Barcombe, Sussex, East, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 42912 14815
(Scale: 1:2500
, 1976)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Farthing, Geoff (Pillbox Study Group) |
Defence grouping |
GHQ Line (East Sussex) - Newhaven - Crowborough reserve stop line. |
Photographs |
(1) - exterior view. |
Adjacent sites | Type 24 pillboxes at TQ 428150 and TQ 428145. |
DOB site reference: | S0000705 |
Reference |
1941/06/01 Sheet (Blatt) 134 1985 Pillboxes: A Study of UK Defences The Pillbox Walk 1960/11/05 58/3915 (fr.79) |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1995/03/31 Field Visit, During 1997 Field Visit, On 1998/09/23 Field Visit, On 2003/12/09 |