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Standard type 24 pillbox (identification no. A253 marked on blast wall). Brick skinned exterior. Entrance bricked up.
(Source: Field Visit 1995/03/31)
Type 24 pillbox. Brick-shuttered.
(Source: Field Visit 1998/09/23)
Type 24 pillbox. 'Thick-walled'. A253.
(Source: Field Visit 1997)
Pillbox plotted from air photograph.
(Source: Air Photograph 1946/04/16)
Brick-shuttered type 24 pillbox. Faces SW. Entrance blocked up. Access possible.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/12/09)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
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Location | W of Pikes Bridge, on 'island' in the River Ouse, off Barcombe Mills Road. |
Area |
Barcombe, Sussex, East, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 43233 14837
|
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 |
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Adjacent sites | Type 24 pillboxes at TQ 428150 and TQ 433148. Site of army camp nearby. |
DOB site reference: | S0000707 |
Reference |
1985 Pillboxes: A Study of UK Defences The Pillbox Walk 1946/04/16 3G/TUD/UK/150 (fr.5377) |
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 |