Pillbox Type 28a at Sharpsbridge [Find others in East Sussex]

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Serial numbers/identifiers

DESPro: 2157

Defence of Britain Project: 758

East Sussex HER: MES7719

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

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Location

Cassini Grid: wQ  875 397

National Grid: TQ  438 208

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Access

Private property! Private property, but visible from a distance

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Defence hierarchy

DESPro2369: CORPS STOP LINE

DESPro2157: Pillbox Type 28a

No child defences have been identified


Pillbox Type 28a

Help with Neighbouring Features data3 features recorded as being in Cassini Grid Square wQ 87 39 (Max 3 displayed)
DESPro Location Feature Cassini Grid Age Status
2157 Sharpsbridge Pillbox Type 28a
wQ  875 397 1940?
915 Sharpsbridge Roadblock [204]
- 3 Sockets
- 5 Cylinders
- 13 Buoys
wQ  876 396 1940
Data witheld Data witheld Pillbox
Data witheld 1940

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Help with Incident dataIncident log for Cassini Grid Square wQ 87 39
Date Time Grid Source Incident

No incidents have been logged for this grid square.

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Image of Grid Square wQ 87 39

Cassini Grid Square wQ 87 39
Reproduced from the 1940 Ordnance Survey map
with the kind permission of the Ordnance Survey

Image of Grid Square wQ 87 39 and surrounding area


Evidence

Historian's comments

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Allied document

Surviving Evidence (post-1945)

Overgrown Type 28a pillbox on private land overlooking bridge and roadblock [DESPro915].



Photograph of Pillbox Type 28a



  • Photo ID: DSCF5192a
  • Date: 19/08/2009
  • Camera facing: South-west
  • Photographer: Peter Hibbs

  Photograph copyright © Peter Hibbs 2009

Photograph of Pillbox Type 28a



  • Photo ID: DSCF5182
  • Date: 19/08/2009
  • Camera facing: South-west
  • Photographer: Peter Hibbs

  Photograph copyright © Peter Hibbs 2009

Photograph of Pillbox Type 28a



  • Photo ID: DSCF5198
  • Date: 19/08/2009
  • Camera facing: West
  • Photographer: Peter Hibbs
  • Notes: View of pillbox over buttress at roadblock [DESPro915].

  Photograph copyright © Peter Hibbs 2009




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Hibbs, Peter DESPro2157: Pillbox Type 28a at Sharpsbridge (2010) Available at: http://www.pillbox.org.uk/concrete_evidence/detail.asp?ID=2157 Accessed: 08 September 2010

The information on this website is intended solely to describe the ongoing research activity of The Defence of East Sussex Project; it is not comprehensive or properly presented. It is therefore NOT suitable as a basis for producing derivative works or surveys!