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Type 24 pillbox with outer right angled concrete blast wall protecting entrance. Walls are 14ins thick, roof 11ins thick. Embrasures are 11.5ins high and 10.5ins wide at narrowest point. Constructed with concrete blocks, this pillbox is one survivor of the three pillboxes protecting the only road entrance to Porthcurno village. About 40 years ago an attempt was made to demolish the pillbox, but the local farmer said that after several attempts to dynamite it he had to give up as the cost of the dynamite was exceeding the amount given to him by the Government as compensation. Evidence of the minor damage caused by these efforts can be seen on the pillbox walls. It is situated about 80 yards and 150 yards from the other two original pillboxes.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/09/25)
Hexagonal pillbox in good condition.
(Source: Field Visit 2001)
Concrete block constructed type 24 pillbox variant. It has five embrasures with an attached loopholed blast wall. Concrete faced internally. There is damage to the blast wall and embrasures. Faces E. At the edge of a field near public footpath. Interior access possible.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/01/20)

Type of site PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24)
Location Sited in corner of field (Darlee Field) on E side of only approach road to Porthcurno village.
Area St. Levan, Cornwall, England
Grid reference SW 38235 23174
Period WW2
Condition Fair
Materials Concrete Block, Reinforced Concrete
Recorder Harvey, Alwyn (Fortress Study Group)
Defence grouping Cornwall coast defences - Defences of the Cornwall coastal crust.
Photographs View of PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) - S0003269 View of PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) - S0003269
(3) - interior and 2 exterior (2 attached to form).
Adjacent sites 2 other pillboxes adjacent.
DOB site reference: S0003269
Original Reference 8688
Event Field Visit, On 1996/09/25
Construction, In the period 1940 1941
Field Visit, During 2001
Field Visit, On 2003/01/20


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