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Church Acre Drove, HAILSHAM, BN27 1SB

The point where the surfaced part of Church Acre Drove ends and continues to the right as an unmade restricted byway. The driveway to the farm was originally the entrance to RAF Pevensey Chain Home radar station and was laid out in 1939.

Looking west from Church Acre Drove.

A former droveway that is surfaced between Wartling Road and the entrance to Pylons Farm then becomes a restricted byway to Rickney Lane. In the half hour it took me to walk down it I was passed by a 4x4, two motocross bikes and three kids on mountain bikes.

The name of the field according to the 1839 tithe map with the stream from which it takes its title lying in the distance on the eastern side. The trees in the far distance mark the course of Wartling Road.

The four blocks to the right are the only remains of one of three transmitter towers that were built here in 1939 and put into storage in 1945 before being dismantled and the land sold in the 1950s. The building on the left is Pylons Cottages which were also part of the site having been built as married quarters for wardens. See http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/sites/p/pevensey_chain_home/index.shtml for more details. Viewed from Church Acre Drove.

The name of the field according to the 1839 tithe map. Named after the original name of Russells in the Marsh which lies out of shot to the right. The reeds on the right mark the course of Chilley Stream.

Built on the site of RAF Pevensey Chain Home radar station which operated during the Second World War closing in 1945. The concrete blocks in the field in the foreground are these Image but taken from a different angle and were used to as the base of the receiving masts. There are another set in the distance to the right which can just be made out as well as another in the field next to the bungalow which are not too clear.

The name of the field according to the 1839 tithe map and viewed from the gate on Church Acre Drove.

Looking south from Church Acre Bridge. There is no sign of the early morning mist that shrouded the levels little more than ten minutes prior to this image being taken.

This is the view from Church Acre Drove which is a dead end road off Wartling Road on Pevensey Levels. The river is the Chilley Stream. I am not sure what the ruined building was originally.