Second World War pillbox at Stone Cross

Second World War concrete pillbox, c1941-2.

MATERIALS: reinforced concrete.

PLAN: the structure is rectangular in plan with access and blast wall to the rear. The principal embrasures face east to Pevensey Bay.

EXTERIOR: the pillbox stands on raised ground at the north western corner of a field. It has cast buff concrete walls and a chamfered concrete roof. The main eastern elevation has two wide embrasures, with stepped concrete surrounds. A single example of the same embrasure is present on the southern and northern elevations. The western elevation has a single narrower embrasure in the southern corner and a central projecting concrete entrance, with blast wall. To the north the access is over sloping soil which may conceal steps. To the south there is a square aperture in the concrete. All across the pillbox horizontal build lines identify the successive layers of wood shuttered concrete, used in the construction process.

INTERIOR: it has a single room with smoothed and painted concrete walls. The walls are stepped, thickening towards the floor. Each embrasure has a rebate for a gun mounting. There is one largely complete example of a Turnbull gun mount, and the vestiges of another three.