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

Help with Identifier data

Serial numbers/identifiers

DESPro: 1984

Defence of Britain Project: 1532

Wartime Serial/Post No.: A244

Help with Location data

Location

Cassini Grid: wQ  878 350

National Grid: TQ  441 161

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Access

Private property! Private property, but visible from a distance

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Defence hierarchy

DESPro2368: GHQ LINE

DESPro1984: Pillbox Type 24 (Shell-proof)

No child defences have been identified


Pillbox Type 24 (Shell-proof)

Help with Neighbouring Features data2 features recorded as being in Cassini Grid Square wQ 87 35 (Max 2 displayed)
DESPro Location Feature Cassini Grid Age Status
1984 Barcombe Pillbox Type 24 (Shell-proof) [A244]
wQ  878 350 1940?
1985 Barcombe Pillbox Type 24 (Shell-proof) [A242]
wQ  879 358 1940?

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Help with Incident dataIncident log for Cassini Grid Square wQ 87 35
Date Time Grid Source Incident

No incidents have been logged for this grid square.

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Image of Grid Square wQ 87 35

Cassini Grid Square wQ 87 35
Reproduced from the 1940 Ordnance Survey map
with the kind permission of the Ordnance Survey

Image of Grid Square wQ 87 35 and surrounding area


Evidence

Historian's comments

Data witheld.
Allied document

Surviving Evidence (post-1945)

Situated on land behind the Anchor Inn, close approach is not possible.

Defence of Britain Project database states that this example is numbered A244.



Photograph of Pillbox Type 24 (Shell-proof)



  • Photo ID: DSCF7651a
  • Date: 15/10/2006
  • Camera facing: North-west
  • Photographer: Peter Hibbs

  Photograph copyright © Peter Hibbs 2006




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Hibbs, Peter DESPro1984: Pillbox Type 24 (Shell-proof) at Barcombe (2010) Available at: http://www.pillbox.org.uk/concrete_evidence/detail.asp?ID=1984 Accessed: 05 September 2010

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