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A square shaped pillbox (partly demolished) sited to cover the coastal footpath leading to and from Swanpool and Maenporth beaches. There are 2 other pillboxes defending the actual beach at Maenporth. The pillbox is heavily overgrown by bramble bushes. One wall appears to have been demolished or blown up, and part of the roof is damaged. The remaining embrasures covered both directions, E and W along the coastal footpath. 2 of the existing embrasures cover approach from the E with the other covering the W. The outer walls are 2ft thick, with an inner wall 1ft thick. [Recorder John Harding type 24 pillbox grid reference SW 79072972]
(Source: Field Visit 1998/01/16)


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX
      

      

        Location
        Situated to N of coastal footpath, near Maenporth beach.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Mawnan, Cornwall, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            SW 7902 2978
             (Scale: 1:25000
              , 1983)
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Bad

      

      

        Materials
        
            Concrete Block, 
            Reinforced Concrete
        
      

      

        Recorder
        Harvey, Alwyn (Fortress Study Group)
      

      

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

        		
      

      

        Attached Sheets
        (1) page of photographs.

      

      

        Photographs
        
     (3) - 1 exterior view, 2 interior.  
      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0000139

      


      

        Event
        
            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

            Field Visit, On 1998/01/16 

            Field Visit, During 2000 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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