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Type 24 variant (brick-shuttered externally and internally) with 5 embrasures situated to give field of fire across river and part of Shoreham Airfield. Sunken guarded entrance. Whitewashed interior.
with PLAN drawn on form.
(Source: Field Visit 1997/11/11)
Official Name | RAF Shoreham |
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Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
Location | Shoreham Airport. |
Area |
Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, West, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 205 068
(Scale: 1:50000
, 1995)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Farthing, Geoff (Pillbox Study Group) |
Defence grouping |
RAF Shoreham defences - Defences of Shoreham airfield. |
Photographs |
(2) - exterior views (1 DIGITISED). |
Adjacent sites | AA position to S at TQ 206056; non-standard pillbox to NW at TQ 208059. |
DOB site reference: | S0007657 |
Reference |
1985 Pillboxes: A Study of UK Defences |
Event |
Field Visit, On 1997/11/11 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 |