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Type 24 pillbox constructed from concrete blocks and reinforced concrete. Wooden door fitted to entrance and embrasures have been glazed as it is now used as a garden shed. A few years ago the exterior of the pillbox was completely covered in seashells cemented onto the walls. This is the central pillbox of a group of three built in a triangular shape to defend the road exit to adjacent Pendower Beach.
(Source: Field Visit 1998/05/22)
Non-standard pillbox situated overlooking Carne Beach and the sea. 3 x embrasures (now blocked up). Fence fixed to pillbox and used as hardstanding for seats for hotel.
(Source: Field Visit 1997/08/13)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
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Location | Situated in the garden of a house behind the Nare Hotel by Pendower Beach, Gerrans Bay.
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Area |
Veryan, Cornwall, England |
Grid reference |
SW 9045 3833
(Scale: 1:25000
, 1984)
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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 | (1) - sheet of photographs. |
Photographs | (3) - exterior views (attached to sheet). |
Adjacent sites | Non-standard pillbox to W (SW 898382); Non-standard pillbox to E (SW 906382)
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DOB site reference: | S0000152 |
Reference |
1985 Pillboxes: A Study of UK Defences |
Event |
Field Visit, On 1997/08/13 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1998/05/22 Field Visit, During 2000 |