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Type 24 pillbox with walls 19ins thick and about 3ins soil and grass on roof as camouflage. It is one of 3 pillboxes built to defend the castle and buildings on St. Michael's Mount. It has 5 embrasures and the original door is still intact. Headroom - 6ft 6ins. Lord. St. Levan, the owner of St. Michael's Mount, considers that all 3 pillboxes on the Mount are listed buildings and intends to treat them as such.
(Source: Field Visit 1998/05/15)
Pillbox, no specification. One of three pillboxes erected on St. Michael's Mount. Built onto a Civil War Battery. The walls (0.7m thick) are made of concrete blocks to 1.3m above the old battery. Its design is very similar to pillbox SW 51392977 with 5 splayed embrasures, one in each of the main faces and with concrete lintels at ground level. Each embrasure is 0.25m square, splayed inside and out. The entrance at the SW was approached by a passage cut through the earlier battery. The reinforced concrete roof was originally topped with turf.
(Source: Field Visit 1993)
Pillbox structure plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1964)
Type 24 pillbox variant facing SE. Concrete block construction. Five embrasures. Attached blast wall with side doorway. Used as a store with locked door.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/01/21)
| Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
|---|---|
| Location | Situated on St. Michael's Mount, S of castle. |
| Area |
St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall, England |
| Grid reference |
SW 51566 29824
(Scale: 1:2500
, 1964)
|
| 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. |
| Attached Sheets | (3) - sheets of photographs. |
| Photographs |
(5) - exterior and landscape views (attached to sheets). |
| Adjacent sites | 2 other pillboxes on St. Michael's Mount. |
| DOB site reference: | S0000150 |
| Associated Identifier | National Trust SMR (ref: 91571) |
| Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1998/05/15 Field Visit, On 2003/01/21 Field Visit, During 1993 |
