Monument Number 1541142 |
| Hob Uid: 1541142 | |
Location :
East Sussex
Eastbourne
Non Civil Parish
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| Grid Ref : TV6236809992 |
| Summary : A Second World War defensive road block is visible on vertical aerial photographs of 1941 as a solid structure at the south-eastern end of Carlton Road, Eastbourne. The road block had been removed by the time of vertical aerial photographs of 1944. This feature has been mapped from aerial photographs as part of the South East RCZAS NMP project. |
More information : The Second World War road block is centred at TV 6237 9992 and measures approximately 12m wide by 2m deep. It appears to consist of large rectangular blocks which form an irregular barricade across the road. Butler (2007:66) suggests that these were in fact beach huts which had been laid on their sides and filled with pebbles. Similar road blocks existed along the length of the Eastbourne seafront, and would have been intended to hinder enemy progress in the event of invasion.
By the time of the vertical aerial photograph of 1944, the road block had been removed along with all the others along the seafront at Eastbourne. This seems to have coincided with the installation of anti-invasion scaffolding at the northern end of the Eastbourne seafront. It may have been decided that the presence of the scaffolding rendered the road blocks obsolete (1-3). |