Pillbox Type 28 at Barcombe Mills [Find others in East Sussex]

Serial numbers/identifiers

DESPro: 1978

Defence of Britain Project: 708

East Sussex HER: MES7690

Wartime Serial/Post No.: Not known, if any

Location

Cassini Grid: wQ 869 337

National Grid: TQ 43279 14841

Access

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Defence hierarchy

No parent defences

DESPro1978: Pillbox Type 28

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)
Surrounded on three sides by the River Ouse, this Type 28 stands on an island, along with pillbox [DESPro1977]. The entrance and main embrasure have been bricked up, but the presence of a holdfast mount for a 6" gun is confirmed.

Historian's comments

Data witheld.

Surviving Evidence (post-1945)

Surrounded on three sides by the River Ouse, this Type 28 stands on an island, along with pillbox [DESPro1977].

The entrance and main embrasure have been bricked up, but the presence of a holdfast mount for a 6" gun is confirmed.

Photo ID: DSCF8552
Date: 29/10/2006
Camera facing: North-west
Photographer: Peter Hibbs
Notes: View of the main embrasure, bricked-up except for a small portion.

Photo ID: DSCF3684
Date: 27/04/2008
Camera facing: South-east
Photographer: Peter Hibbs
Notes: Pillbox with bridge at right.

Photo ID: DSCF8553
Date: 29/10/2006
Camera facing: North-west
Photographer: Peter Hibbs
Notes: Close-up of embrasure.

Photo ID: DSCF8558
Date: 29/10/2006
Camera facing: North-west
Photographer: Peter Hibbs
Notes: View through small hole in bricked-up embrasure looking at infantry embrasure.

Photo ID: DSCF8578
Date: 29/10/2006
Camera facing: South-east
Photographer: Peter Hibbs
Notes: Looking through small hole in bricked-up doorway towards main embrasure with holdfast.

Hibbs, Peter DESPro1978: Pillbox Type 28 at Barcombe Mills (2010) Available at: http://www.pillbox.org.uk/concrete_evidence/detail.asp?ID=1978 Accessed: 08 September 2010