The Defence of East Sussex Project

Posted: 10 May 2009

Since my discovery of a treasure map I've made a couple of trips out into the field to see if I could find any defence works using it. More...

Posted: 08 May 2009

Following my discovery of first one - then two - defended localities on the Downs, I did some searching amongst the digital photos of archive documents on my PC and turned up a 'treasure map' showing the battle positions in the area. More...

Posted: 04 May 2009

Following my discovery of a platoon locality with a buried HQ, another trip up onto the Downs revealed another locality with an identical buried HQ. More...

Posted: 03 May 2009

I was on a Sunday school outing about 25 years ago and ended up exploring an underground chamber up on the Downs. I looked for it again about 10-15 years ago and presume it was demolished, but can anyone else remember it? More...

Posted: 02 May 2009

I took an aimless wander along a stretch of the Downs that I'd previously not explored. I wasn't expecting to find anything except some beautiful scenery, so I was surprised to find an intact platoon locality with a buried HQ. More...

Posted: 18 April 2009

Following on from my investigation of Vickers Gun positions, I went up onto the Downs looking for what promised to be an interesting defended locality held by two platoons and a Vickers section. More...

Posted: 18 April 2009

I've been out and about the past few weeks looking at potential Vickers machine gun posts up on the Downs. More...

Posted: 13 April 2009

The surreal title of this post describes the sort of day I've had; a series of unusual finds. More...

Posted: 08 April 2009

I was so busy at the archives yesterday that I didn't have time to write about some interesting finds. More...

Posted: 26 March 2009

I've been asked to explain my list of statistics generated by my main database to appear on the homepage. So if you want to know how many defence works I've recorded so far, there's a few things you need to get your head round. More...