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

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Serial numbers/identifiers

DESPro: 1982

Defence of Britain Project: 714

East Sussex HER: MES7694

Wartime Serial/Post No.: A248

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Location

Cassini Grid: wQ  872 341

National Grid: TQ  43598 15124

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Access

Private property! Private property, but visible from a distance

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Defence hierarchy

DESPro2368: GHQ LINE

DESPro1982: Pillbox Type 24 (Shell-proof)

No child defences have been identified


Pillbox Type 24 (Shell-proof)

Help with Neighbouring Features data3 features recorded as being in Cassini Grid Square wQ 87 34 (Max 3 displayed)
DESPro Location Feature Cassini Grid Age Status
1982 Barcombe Pillbox Type 24 (Shell-proof) [A248]
wQ  872 341 1940?
1979 Barcombe Pillbox Type 24 (Shell-proof) [A247]
wQ  875 344 1940?
1983 Barcombe Pillbox Type 24 (Shell-proof) [A245]
wQ  876 348 1940?

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Help with Incident dataIncident log for Cassini Grid Square wQ 87 34
Date Time Grid Source Incident

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Cassini Grid Square wQ 87 34
Reproduced from the 1940 Ordnance Survey map
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Evidence

Historian's comments

Data witheld.
Allied document

Surviving Evidence (post-1945)

Visible from a distance, this Type 24 is apparently numbered A248, according to Defence of Britain Project database .

The rear faces the now disused railway line; a public footpath passes just in front of the pillbox, but a dense hedge completely obscures it.



Photograph of Pillbox Type 24 (Shell-proof)



  • Photo ID: DSCF8613
  • Date: 29/10/2006
  • Camera facing: North
  • Photographer: Peter Hibbs

  Photograph copyright © Peter Hibbs 2006

Photograph of Pillbox Type 24 (Shell-proof)



  • Photo ID: DSCF8607
  • Date: 29/10/2006
  • Camera facing: North-east
  • Photographer: Peter Hibbs
  • Notes: View from a distance, showing rear of pillbox.

  Photograph copyright © Peter Hibbs 2006




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Hibbs, Peter DESPro1982: Pillbox Type 24 (Shell-proof) at Barcombe (2010) Available at: http://www.pillbox.org.uk/concrete_evidence/detail.asp?ID=1982 Accessed: 06 September 2010

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