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Gun emplacement (25pdr.) facing SE to cover railway crossing over River Adur [railway bridge has since been demolished]
(Source: Book 1996)
An open backed concrete gun shelter located in open ground in the Adur Valley, with front wall 1.05m thick with wide embrasure and two splayed flank walls. The roof is 280mm thick with a 150mm diameter clay pipe built in vertically at the centre. Across the rear is a dropped beam. All built in reinforced concrete, and, apart from a small area of spalling, is in excellent condition.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/06/23)
Type of site | GUN EMPLACEMENT |
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Location | 300 yards W of River Adur, Church Farm, Coombes Road. |
Area |
Coombes, Sussex, West, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 178 035
(Scale: 1:25000
)
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Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Martin, R.G. (Sussex Industrial Archaeology Society) |
Defence grouping |
Sussex coast defences - Defences of the East and West Sussex coastlines, and their immediate hinterland. |
Attached Sheets | (1) - plan and elevations (DIGITISED). |
Photographs |
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DOB site reference: | S0007662 |
Reference |
1996 Frontline Sussex: The Defence Lines of West Sussex 1939-1945. |
Event |
Field Visit, On 1996/06/23 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 |