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Large anti tank blocks, approx. 5ft (high) x 4ft, closely spaced, set around three sides of a large field [purpose unclear]. Other lines of concrete blocks lie to the W of the road, and to the N of Cripp's Corner.
(Source: Field Visit 2000/01/09)
Anti-tank blocks are indicated on German map at this point.
(Source: Map 1941/06/01)
23 x anti-tank cubes run parallel with the road along the hedgerow for 100 yards; 51 x cubes (with possibly three missing to create a field entrance) along the S field edge; and 61 x cubes along the E field edge as far as Greenden Wood - 135 cubes in all. They are of the standard Cripp's Corner type, standing between 4-5ft high, although with some 2ft buried, and 4ft broad. Two sides of the tops are chamfered. The field is uncultivated at present and the cubes can be inspected.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/12/12)
Type of site | CUBE |
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Location | On E side of B2244 road, in field opposite Sedlescombe sawmills and vineyard, S of junction with Compasses Lane and S of Cripp's Corner. |
Area |
Sedlescombe, Sussex, East, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 7766 2047
TQ 7767 2039 TQ 7779 2034 TQ 7791 2046 |
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Concrete |
Recorder | Foot, William (English Heritage Defence Areas Project) |
Defence grouping |
Cripp's Corner fortress - Defences of the designated fortress of Cripp's Corner [Source: 45 Div. Defence Scheme, 1940 - PRO WO 166/536]. |
Photographs |
(2) - site views (photocopies). |
DOB site reference: | S0009553 |
Reference |
1941/06/01 Sheet (Blatt) 135 |
Event |
Field Visit, In the period 1992 1994 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 2000/01/09 Field Visit, On 2003/12/12 |