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

Serial numbers/identifiers

DESPro: 1974

Defence of Britain Project: 574

East Sussex HER: MES7680

Wartime Serial/Post No.: A270

Location

Cassini Grid: wQ 846 313

National Grid: TQ 41073 12311

Access

Private property! Private property, but visible from a distance

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Defence hierarchy

DESPro2368: GHQ LINE

DESPro1974: 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)
On private land beside Ivors Lane and covering roadblock [DESPro940], the Defence of Britain Database lists this example as number A270. Metal hinges indicate that a door was fitted at some point.

Historian's comments

Data witheld.

Surviving Evidence (post-1945)

On private land beside Ivors Lane and covering roadblock [DESPro940], the Defence of Britain Database lists this example as number A270. Metal hinges indicate that a door was fitted at some point.

Photograph of Pillbox Type 24 (Shell-proof)

Photo ID: DSCF7569
Date: 15/10/2006
Camera facing: North
Photographer: Peter Hibbs

Photo ID: DSCF4394
Date: 08/03/2009
Camera facing: North-west
Photographer: Peter Hibbs

Photo ID: DSCF4340
Date: 08/03/2009
Camera facing: North-west
Photographer: Peter Hibbs
Notes: View from bridge.

Photo ID: DSCF4403
Date: 08/03/2009
Camera facing: West
Photographer: Peter Hibbs
Notes: Pillbox with Offham Church in background.

Photo ID: DSCF4397
Date: 08/03/2009
Camera facing: South
Photographer: Peter Hibbs

Photo ID: DSCF4383
Date: 08/03/2009
Camera facing: North
Photographer: Peter Hibbs
Notes: Pillbox at top left; Pillbox [DESPro1973] at right.

Hibbs, Peter DESPro1974: Pillbox Type 24 (Shell-proof) at Hamsey (2010) Available at: http://www.pillbox.org.uk/concrete_evidence/detail.asp?ID=1974 Accessed: 06 September 2010