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

Serial numbers/identifiers

DESPro: 1977

Defence of Britain Project: 707

East Sussex HER: MES7689

Wartime Serial/Post No.: A253

Location

Cassini Grid: wQ 869 337

National Grid: TQ 43247 14841

Access

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Defence hierarchy

DESPro2368: GHQ LINE

DESPro1977: Pillbox Type 24 (Shell-proof)

No child defences have been identified

8 features recorded as being in Cassini Grid Square wQ 86 33 (Max 6 displayed)
DESPro	Location	Feature	Cassini Grid	Age	Status
1976	Barcombe Mills	Pillbox Type 24 (Shell-proof) [A255]	wQ 865 337	1940?
1975	Barcombe Mills	Pillbox Type 24 (Shell-proof) [A254]	wQ 865 339	1940?
1978	Barcombe Mills	Pillbox Type 28	wQ 869 337	1940?
1977	Barcombe Mills	Pillbox Type 24 (Shell-proof) [A253]	wQ 869 337	1940?
Data witheld	Data witheld	Telephone exchange	Data witheld	1940
Data witheld	Data witheld	Flame trap firing point	Data witheld	1942

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Incident log for Cassini Grid Square wQ 86 33
Date	Time	Grid	Source	Incident
No incidents have been logged for this grid square.

Cassini Grid Square wQ 86 33
Reproduced from the 1940 Ordnance Survey map
with the kind permission of the Ordnance Survey

Image of Grid Square wQ 86 33 and surrounding area

Evidence

Historian's comments Data witheld.
	Surviving Evidence (post-1945)
Numbered A253, this Type 24 is situated a few yards away from pillbox [DESPro1978]. The entrance is sealed up and the interior is flooded to a depth of about 2 feet.

Historian's comments

Data witheld.

Surviving Evidence (post-1945)

Numbered A253, this Type 24 is situated a few yards away from pillbox [DESPro1978].

The entrance is sealed up and the interior is flooded to a depth of about 2 feet.

Photograph of Pillbox Type 24 (Shell-proof)

Photo ID: DSCF8574
Date: 29/10/2006
Camera facing: South-west
Photographer: Peter Hibbs
Notes: Road bridge in background at right.

Photo ID: DSCF3683
Date: 27/04/2008
Camera facing: South-east
Photographer: Peter Hibbs
Notes: Pillbox at right; Type 28 Pillbox [DESPro1978] on left.

Photo ID: DSCF3681
Date: 27/04/2008
Camera facing: South-east
Photographer: Peter Hibbs
Notes: 'A253' painted in baffle wall in entrance.

Photo ID: DSCF3679
Date: 27/04/2008
Camera facing: N/A
Photographer: Peter Hibbs
Notes: Flooded interior.

Photo ID: DSCF8568
Date: 29/10/2006
Camera facing: N/A
Photographer: Peter Hibbs
Notes: Flooded interior.

Hibbs, Peter DESPro1977: Pillbox Type 24 (Shell-proof) at Barcombe Mills (2010) Available at: http://www.pillbox.org.uk/concrete_evidence/detail.asp?ID=1977 Accessed: 05 September 2010