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Type unknown as pillbox has been demolished. According to local residents there was a Fougasse Flame defence system on this beach, and it is highly probable that this pillbox was one of a pair used to control the Fougasse.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/09/25)
Rectangular structure plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1963)
Type of site | PILLBOX |
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Location | On E side of Porthcurno Beach. |
Area |
St. Levan, Cornwall, England |
Grid reference |
SW 38679 22332
(Scale: 1:2500
, 1980)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Removed |
Materials | Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Harvey, Alwyn (Fortress Study Group) |
Defence grouping |
Cornwall coast defences - Defences of the Cornwall coastal crust. |
Photographs | (1) - site view (attached to form). |
Adjacent sites | 9 other pillboxes defending Porthcurno. |
DOB site reference: | S0003275 |
Original Reference | 8694 |
Event |
Field Visit, On 1996/09/25 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Destruction, Before 1996 |