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Type 24 pillbox (identification number A248 marked on blast wall). Brick skinned exterior. Concrete shelf supports.
(Source: Field Visit 1995/03/31)
Type 24 pillbox. 'Thick-walled'. A248.
(Source: Field Visit 1997)
Hexagonal pillbox (type 24) plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet. Faces SE.
(Source: Map 1976)
Type 24 pillbox plotted from air photograph. Faces ESE.
(Source: Air Photograph 1974/05/09)
Brick-shuttered type 24 pillbox. Faces E. 'A248' stencilled on interior anti-ricochet wall. Access, including interior, possible - edge of cultivated field.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/12/09)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
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Location | Just to W of trackway, N of Barcombe Mills.. |
Area |
Barcombe, Sussex, East, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 43588 15115
(Scale: 1:2500
, 1976)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
Threats |
Type: Plant growth (Long Term) Detail: The pillbox is slightly overgrown. |
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 435150 and TQ 438155. |
DOB site reference: | S0000714 |
Reference |
The Pillbox Walk 1974/05/09 MAL/74028 (fr.219) |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1995/03/31 Field Visit, During 1997 Field Visit, On 2003/12/09 |