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

Serial numbers/identifiers

DESPro: 842

Defence of Britain Project: 566

East Sussex HER: MES7678

Wartime Serial/Post No.: A275

Location

Cassini Grid: wQ 847 299

National Grid: TQ 408 112

Access

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Defence hierarchy

DESPro2368: GHQ LINE

DESPro842: Pillbox Type 24 (Shell-proof)

No child defences have been identified

8 features recorded as being in Cassini Grid Square wQ 84 29 (Max 3 displayed)
DESPro	Location	Feature	Cassini Grid	Age	Status
842	Offham	Pillbox Type 24 (Shell-proof) [A275]	wQ 847 299	1940?
Data witheld	Data witheld	2 Petrol pumps	Data witheld	1942
Data witheld	Data witheld	Roadblock [509] - 10 Cylinders - 18 Buoys	Data witheld	1941

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Incident log for Cassini Grid Square wQ 84 29
Date	Time	Grid	Source	Incident
No incidents have been logged for this grid square.

Cassini Grid Square wQ 84 29
Reproduced from the 1940 Ordnance Survey map
with the kind permission of the Ordnance Survey

Image of Grid Square wQ 84 29 and surrounding area

Evidence

Historian's comments Data witheld.
	Surviving Evidence (post-1945)
Situated with its rear to the Eastbourne-London railway line, this type 24 faces the River Ouse. With 3-feet thick walls, it has the number A275 painted on its blast wall in the doorway. The doorway has a raised sill with a drainage hole, as a precaution against flooding; the surrounding ground is marshy in places. The north-facing exterior wall has the remains of a stay cable for a nearby overhead power line embedded in it, and a modern Environment Agency Bench Mark (EABM) is also affixed to this side. Brick shuttering is evident both internally and externally, the latter crumbling in places.

Historian's comments

Data witheld.

Surviving Evidence (post-1945)

Situated with its rear to the Eastbourne-London railway line, this type 24 faces the River Ouse. With 3-feet thick walls, it has the number A275 painted on its blast wall in the doorway.

The doorway has a raised sill with a drainage hole, as a precaution against flooding; the surrounding ground is marshy in places.

The north-facing exterior wall has the remains of a stay cable for a nearby overhead power line embedded in it, and a modern Environment Agency Bench Mark (EABM) is also affixed to this side.

Brick shuttering is evident both internally and externally, the latter crumbling in places.

Photograph of Pillbox Type 24 (Shell-proof)

Photo ID: DSCF7539
Date: 15/10/2006
Camera facing: North-west
Photographer: Peter Hibbs

Photo ID: DSCF7504
Date: 15/10/2006
Camera facing: North-west
Photographer: Peter Hibbs

Photo ID: DSCF7526
Date: 15/10/2006
Camera facing: South-east
Photographer: Peter Hibbs
Notes: Rear of pillbox; note drain hole below door.

Photo ID: DSCF2261
Date: 15/02/2007
Camera facing: East
Photographer: Peter Hibbs
Notes: Photograph taken from train window.

Photo ID: DSCF7514
Date: 15/10/2006
Camera facing: East
Photographer: Peter Hibbs
Notes: A275 numbering on blast wall.

Photo ID: DSCF7515
Date: 15/10/2006
Camera facing: North-east
Photographer: Peter Hibbs
Notes: Standard Bren Gun embrasure; brick pillars support tripod legs.

Photo ID: DSCF7519
Date: 15/10/2006
Camera facing: South-east
Photographer: Peter Hibbs

Photo ID: DSCF7531
Date: 15/10/2006
Camera facing: West
Photographer: Peter Hibbs
Notes: The railway as seen through an embrasure.

Photo ID: DSCF7534
Date: 15/10/2006
Camera facing: North
Photographer: Peter Hibbs
Notes: Embrasure arrangement, with pit for Bren tripod leg.

Photo ID: DSCF7678
Date: 15/10/2006
Camera facing: South-west
Photographer: Peter Hibbs
Notes: Doorway and embrasure.

Photo ID: DSCF7548
Date: 15/10/2006
Camera facing: South-east
Photographer: Peter Hibbs
Notes: Environment Agency Bench Mark (EABM) on north wall.

Hibbs, Peter DESPro842: Pillbox Type 24 (Shell-proof) at Offham (2010) Available at: http://www.pillbox.org.uk/concrete_evidence/detail.asp?ID=842 Accessed: 06 September 2010