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Pillbox shown on 1964 large-scale OS mapping (1:2500).
(Source: Map 1964)
A pillbox [type 23], 1.87m x 1.84m internally, with outer open lobby, 1.36m x 1.84m internally. Walls, 394mm thick of two half-brick skins with concrete core and 3 precast concrete embrasures. Roof, reinforced concrete 300mm thick. The entrance to the lobby and from the lobby to the pillbox are only 450mm wide which seems very narrow. Dug into lower slopes of cliff. Faces SW. Interior access possible.
(Source: Field Visit 1999/02/28)
Type 23 pillbox of variant form. 3 embrasures. Steps down into pillbox. Brick lined interior. Open area to rear with brick walling but no AA mounting. Field of fire towards beach.
(Source: Field Visit 1997/10/12)


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/23)
      

      

        Location
        At base of cliff,  to E of Cuckmere Haven, off South Downs Way in Seven Sisters Country Park.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Westdean, Sussex, East, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            TV 52135 97690
             (Scale: 1:10000
              )
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Good

      

      

        Materials
        
            Clay Brick, 
            Reinforced Concrete
        
      

      

        Recorder
        Farthing, Geoff (Pillbox Study Group)
      

      

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

 
 Sussex coast defences (Cuckmere Haven) - Fortifications protecting the coastal valley of the River Cuckmere, East Sussex. 

        		
      

      

        Attached Sheets
        (1) - sheet with elevations and interior plan.

      

      

        Photographs
        
View of PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/23) - S0000803
View of PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/23) - S0000803
         

     (3) - exterior views.  		
      

      

        Adjacent sites
        Non-standard pillbox to N at TV 522976.

      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0000803

      

      

        Reference
        
             1985 Pillboxes: A Study of UK Defences

             1940/10/23 Taktisches Luftbildbuch Nr.3

        		
      


      

        Event
        
            Construction, In the period 1940/06 1940/10

            Field Visit, On 1997/10/12 

            Field Visit, On 1999/02/28 

            Field Visit, On 2001/06/28 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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