Dummy pillbox is set up for the weekend at the Hellingly Festival of Transport! #swwSussex

The dummy pillbox has been test-built and is now on its way to the Festival of Transport showground at Hellingly for the weekend! #swwSussex

I've been off social media for some time, so I'm not up to speed with followers. If I'm not yet following you back, just give me a nudge!

If you used to follow me in the other place, you'll know what this is - watch this space if you don't! #swwSussex

Afternoon at Bodiam Castle, grabbing a few pillbox measurements as part of a project I'm working on. Several people asked what I was doing, so I ended up doing some impromptu guided tours.

Also had a eureka moment that changes what we thought we knew about this pillbox! #swwSussex

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Here's the talk I did with @sussexpillbox.bsky.social for @archaeologyuk.bsky.social- www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLRn...

Might as well point out my GoFundMe. I'm currently raising funds to help me source the relevant documents from the National Archives so I can research and tell the untold story of the defence of East Yorkshire by the Regular and Territorial Army.

www.gofundme.com/f/wartime-de...

It's been a while since I used LiDAR for pillbox interpretation and landscape analysis but here's a really nice result.

These pillboxes in Norfolk were likely located for flank defence.

Using the LiDAR data shows an area of dead space in coverage of the land between pillboxes 01 and 03.

Boxing day walk across The Crumbles, Pevensey Bay; then and now views of Martello Tower 64 in 1987 and 2024. #swwSussex 1/4

80 years ago today, the Home Guard was officially "stood down". The 26th (County of London) Bn., were quick off the mark in arranging their celebratory Dinner & Cabaret, which took place the following night in the drill hall in Crescent Road, Woolwich. The menu and programme can be seen below!

A thread about the defensive position I walked around with @ckolonko.bsky.social today. It's at Thursford in Norfolk & we used this sketch map to look at what's left #WW2 #homefront

After around 14 hours of mapping I have completed plotting all bridges rigged for demolition, rail blocks, magazines and other river crossing points of the GHQ and Command Stop Lines within 2 Corps in 1941.

Very happy with the result and this will come in useful.

#WW2 #SWW #Archaeology

Oh yeah, there's also my website. Plenty of stuff on there about archaeology and pillboxes.

chriskolonko.wordpress.com

In 1940 Bishopstone Station had a pillbox built on its roof, cleverly camouflaged into the Art Deco architecture. In December 2020 I was granted access; read my blog for more detail! pillbox.org.uk/blog/251798/ #swwSussex
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