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Former anti-tank blockhouse situated just inside the Pevensey fort at the W gate - DESTROYED.
(Source: Field Visit )
Guidebook states 'a blockhouse for anti-tank weapons [was] constructed in the mouth of the Roman West Gate'.
(Source: Booklet 1999)
Type of site | ANTI TANK GUN EMPLACEMENT |
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Location | At W gate of Pevensey Castle. |
Area |
Pevensey, Sussex, East, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 6433 0469
(Scale: 1:10000
)
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Period | WW2 |
Condition | Removed |
Materials | Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Osborne, Mike (Defence of Britain Project) |
Defence grouping |
Pevensey nodal point - Defences of Pevensey Category 'A' nodal point. Cassini ref. R0723. [Source: List of Nodal Points in Eastern Command, 1940 - PRO WO 199/544]. Also designated a 'fortress' [Source: 45 Div. Defence Scheme, 1940 - PRO WO 166/536]. |
Photographs |
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DOB site reference: | S0009746 |
Reference |
1999 Pevensey Castle |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, In the period 1994 1998 Destruction, Before 1980 Field Visit, On 2003/12/10 |