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Modified type 24 pillbox with large embrasures (3ft x 2.5ft). It was built to defend the road exit to Pendower Beach. It is now in a partially demolished state - it appears that an attempt was made to blow it up and the top half and roof have collapsed onto the lower remaining half. The walls were 2ft thick, made of concrete blocks.
(Source: Field Visit 1998/01/05)
Non-standard pillbox situated at rear of beach with field of fire towards sea and across beach. 3 embrasures. No roof (badly damaged).
(Source: Field Visit 1997/08/13)
6-sided pillbox made of concrete blocks. 3 x large square embrasures. The roof has been knocked in and the back is not visible. It covered the beach at sea level.
(Source: Field Visit 1985)


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24)
      

      

        Location
        At road exit to Pendower beach, Gerrans Bay - by Pendower Beach Hotel.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Philleigh, Cornwall, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            SW 8972 3815
             (Scale: 1:25000
              , 1984)
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Very Bad

      

      

        Materials
        
            Concrete Block, 
            Reinforced Concrete
        
      

      

        Threats
        
            Type: Coastal erosion (Medium Term) 
Detail: Sea erosion a threat to the pillbox.

        		
      

      

        Recorder
        Harvey, Alwyn (Fortress Study Group)
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 Cornwall coast defences - Defences of the Cornwall coastal crust. 

        		
      

      

        Attached Sheets
        (2) pages of photographs.

      

      

        Photographs
        
     (4) - exterior views.  
      

      

        Adjacent sites
        Non-standard pillbox to E (SW 905382).

      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0000136

      

      

        Reference
        
             1985 Pillboxes: A Study of UK Defences

        		
      


      

        Event
        
            Field Visit, On 1997/08/13 

            Field Visit, On 1998/01/05 

            Field Visit, During 1985 

            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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