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2 x loopholes built into garden wall of private house, one facing E, one S.
(Source: Book 1996)
2 x rectangular loopholes in wall measuring approx. 6ins x 12ins. One is set 4ft 6ins above the ground, the other 2ft to its right is almost at ground level on the road side (the ground is two feet lower behind the wall)
(Source: Field Visit 1999/07/26)
Two loopholes for rifle fire in garden wall commanding the A284 road S towards Littlehampton. The two loopholes are knocked through a 'traditional Sussex flint wall' and are framed in cement: they measure 38cm x 15cm. One is at ground level and the other at a metre and a half above ground level.
(Source: Field Visit 1999/01/27)
Type of site | LOOPHOLED WALL |
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Location | Flint wall in front of Old Lyminster House, at junction of the A284 Lyminster Road and Church Road, Lyminster.
[site location plan drawn on form]. |
Area |
Lyminster, Sussex, West, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 0252 0475
(Scale: 1:50000
, 1998)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Concrete, Flint |
Recorder | Osborne, Mike (Defence of Britain Project) |
Defence grouping |
South East Command: Stop Line (West Sussex) - [Possible] stop line running from the coast W of Littlehampton, and following the course of the River Arun, north via Arundel, Pulborough and Billingshurst (the line of Stane Street Roman road) to join the W - E GHQ Line). |
Attached Sheets | (1) - further site location plan. |
Photographs |
(6) - site views (prints and photocopies - 1 DIGITISED). |
DOB site reference: | S0008008 |
Associated Identifier | West Sussex SMR (ref: 6472) |
Reference |
1996 Frontline Sussex: The Defence Lines of West Sussex 1939-1945. |
Event |
Field Visit, In the period 1995 1998 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1999/07/26 Field Visit, On 1999/01/27 |