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Pillbox and Castle

A Second World War pillbox near Bodiam Castle in East Sussex. Visual would have been in the front line of a cross-channel invasion in 1940. I am sure the pillbox would have been valuable then as a defensive structure. Recent scholarship has reached the conclusion that the castle was built to provide an illusion of martial strength rather than as a major fortification. Perhaps the brick pillbox was also to give more a feeling of security?

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Uploaded on February 21, 2021