Pillbox Type 24 (Shell-proof) at Hamsey [Find others in East Sussex]

Serial numbers/identifiers

DESPro: 1973

Defence of Britain Project: 571

East Sussex HER: MES7679

Wartime Serial/Post No.: A271

Location

Cassini Grid: wQ 840 315

National Grid: TQ 40920 12072

Access

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Defence hierarchy

DESPro2368: GHQ LINE

DESPro1973: Pillbox Type 24 (Shell-proof)

No child defences have been identified

4 features recorded as being in Cassini Grid Square wQ 84 31 (Max 4 displayed)
DESPro	Location	Feature	Cassini Grid	Age	Status
1973	Hamsey	Pillbox Type 24 (Shell-proof) [A271]	wQ 840 315	1940?
1974	Hamsey	Pillbox Type 24 (Shell-proof) [A270]	wQ 846 313	1940?
Data witheld	Data witheld	Roadblock [503A]	Data witheld	1941
Data witheld	Data witheld	Railblock [30] - Anti-Tank Cable	Data witheld	1941

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Incident log for Cassini Grid Square wQ 84 31
Date	Time	Grid	Source	Incident
No incidents have been logged for this grid square.

Cassini Grid Square wQ 84 31
Reproduced from the 1940 Ordnance Survey map
with the kind permission of the Ordnance Survey

Image of Grid Square wQ 84 31 and surrounding area

Evidence

Historian's comments Data witheld.
	Surviving Evidence (post-1945)
Dug into the bank of the River Ouse, this Type 24 covered the railway bridge on the southern side of Hamsey "Island". The brick shuttering is falling away in places.

Historian's comments

Data witheld.

Surviving Evidence (post-1945)

Dug into the bank of the River Ouse, this Type 24 covered the railway bridge on the southern side of Hamsey "Island".

The brick shuttering is falling away in places.

Photograph of Pillbox Type 24 (Shell-proof)

Photo ID: DSCF7554
Date: 15/10/2006
Camera facing: North-east
Photographer: Peter Hibbs

Photo ID: DSCF4385
Date: 08/03/2009
Camera facing: South-east
Photographer: Peter Hibbs

Photo ID: DSCF4343
Date: 08/03/2009
Camera facing: South
Photographer: Peter Hibbs

Photo ID: DSCF4384
Date: 08/03/2009
Camera facing: North
Photographer: Peter Hibbs
Notes: Pillbox [DESPro1974] at top left.

Photo ID: DSCF4383
Date: 08/03/2009
Camera facing: North
Photographer: Peter Hibbs
Notes: Pillbox [DESPro1974] at left.

Photo ID: DSCF4349
Date: 08/03/2009
Camera facing: N/A
Photographer: Peter Hibbs
Notes: Brick shuttering collapsing due to vegetation.

Photo ID: DSCF4345
Date: 08/03/2009
Camera facing: South-east
Photographer: Peter Hibbs
Notes: 'A271' stencilled on baffle wall inside entrance.

Photo ID: DSCF4347
Date: 08/03/2009
Camera facing: South
Photographer: Peter Hibbs

Hibbs, Peter DESPro1973: Pillbox Type 24 (Shell-proof) at Hamsey (2010) Available at: http://www.pillbox.org.uk/concrete_evidence/detail.asp?ID=1973 Accessed: 05 September 2010