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Battery observation post of Toot Rock Battery, on cliff edge.
(Source: Field Visit 1992)
A 'pillbox and observation block' which still has a gun mounting with bolts. Remains of building adjacent. [Recorder, Urquhart, gives NGR - TQ 898142].
(Source: Field Visit 2000/11/15)
Official Name | Toot Rock Battery |
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Type of site | BATTERY OBSERVATION POST |
Location | On cliff edge at Toot Hill, E of Cliff End. |
Area |
Fairlight, Sussex, East, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 893 137
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Clay Brick, Concrete |
Recorder | Osborne, Mike (Defence of Britain Project) |
Defence grouping |
Sussex coast defences - Defences of the East and West Sussex coastlines, and their immediate hinterland. |
Photographs |
(4) - exterior views (photocopies and prints) (1 GIGITISED). |
DOB site reference: | S0009774 |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, During 1992 Field Visit, On 2000/11/15 |