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Rectangular-shaped pillbox with an outer blast wall to protect the entrance. It overlooks the mouth of the Camel Estuary, and is situated adjacent to the now disused Coastguard lookout building. It has 3 small embrasures.
(Source: Field Visit 1997/12)
Type of site | PILLBOX |
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Location | On cliffs at Stepper Point, Padstow - adjacent to disused Coastguard Lookout. |
Area |
Padstow, Cornwall, England |
Grid reference |
SW 9133 7840
(Scale: 1:25000
, 1981)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Concrete Block, Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Harvey, Alwyn (Fortress Study Group) |
Defence grouping |
Cornwall coast defences - Defences of the Cornwall coastal crust. Southern Command: Bodmin Stop Line - Stop Line N - S across Cornish peninsula from Padstow Bay to Fowey. |
Attached Sheets | (1) - sheet of photographs. |
Photographs | (3) - attached to sheet. |
DOB site reference: | S0000149 |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, During 1997/12 |