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Non-standard large pillbox for large calibre gun. 3 vents in roof. Open rear entrance for access of gun. Wood shuttered. with PLAN drawn on form.
(Source: Field Visit 1997/11/11)
Field gun emplacement, built in a half-hexagonal shape with an open back. Concrete ammunition storage 'bins' are alongside.
(Source: Article 1994)
Gun emplacement (25pdr.) facing NE to cover road bridge over River Adur [bridge no longer in use for vehicles].
(Source: Book 1996)


      

        Type of site
        FIELD GUN EMPLACEMENT
      

      

        Location
        70 yards W of the Old Toll Bridge, off the A283 road, on the E side of Shoreham Airport.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, West, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            TQ 205 059
             (Scale: 1:50000
              , 1995)
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Good

      

      

        Materials
        
            Reinforced Concrete, 
            Wood
        
      

      

        Recorder
        Farthing, Geoff (Pillbox Study Group)
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 Sussex coast defences - Defences of the East and West Sussex coastlines, and their immediate hinterland. 

 
 RAF Shoreham defences - Defences of Shoreham airfield. 

        		
      

      

        Photographs
        
     (6) - 5 exterior views, 1 interior (4 photocopies)..  
      

      

        Adjacent sites
        FW3/22 variant to N at TQ 205059; FW3/24 variant to SE at TQ 205068.

      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0007654

      

      

        Associated Identifier
        
            West Sussex SMR (ref: 6554)
        
      

      

        Reference
        
             1996 Frontline Sussex: The Defence Lines of West Sussex 1939-1945.

             1994/06 Pillbox Typology Part 5: Gunhouses.

        		
      


      

        Event
        
            Field Visit, On 1997/11/11 

            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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