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Pillbox demolished after the war - type not known. It was built just to N of road bridge at S end of Mawgan Porth beach. A minefield existed across the beach close to this pillbox and the beach was also defended with a scaffold barrier further out from the minefield.
(Source: Field Visit 1998)
Type of site | PILLBOX |
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Location | By road bridge at S end of Margan Porth beach. |
Area |
Mawgan in Pyder, Cornwall, England |
Grid reference |
SW 8492 6720
(Scale: 1:25000
, 1985)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Removed |
Materials | Concrete Block |
Recorder | Harvey, Alwyn (Fortress Study Group) |
Defence grouping |
Cornwall coast defences - Defences of the Cornwall coastal crust. |
Attached Sheets | (1) - sheet of photographs. |
Photographs | (2) - showing site of pillbox (attached to sheets). |
DOB site reference: | S0000157 |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, During 1998 |