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- DOI:https://doi.org/10.5284/1000327
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An unusual design pillbox consisting of 2 rooms or adjoining sections with an outer right angle blast door at entrance. Interior measurements of the larger rectangular section are 16ft x 4ft. The smaller section measures about 4ft x 4ft inside. Parts of the pillbox walls are constructed of inner brickwork with granite blocks on the outside. Wall are 4ins thick in most parts. There are 8 embrasures, a few now blocked. Overall height of roof is 7ins, with a further 2ins of soil on top - presumably for camouflage. Granite blocks were added to exterior of walls after the brick walls were tested by the Army firing a bren gun at the walls and found them unsatisfactory.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/09/25)
| Type of site | PILLBOX (VARIANT) |
|---|---|
| Location | In field at top of hill leading down into Sennen village. |
| Area |
Sennen, Cornwall, England |
| Grid reference |
SW 3586 2632
(Scale: 1:25000
, 1980)
|
| Period | WW2 |
| Condition | Good |
| Materials | Concrete, Concrete Block, Granite |
| Recorder | Harvey, Alwyn (Fortress Study Group) |
| Defence grouping |
Cornwall coast defences - Defences of the Cornwall coastal crust. |
| Attached Sheets | Sheet giving additional information on the defences of Sennen Cove. |
| Photographs | (2) - exterior views (attached to form). |
| Adjacent sites | 4 other pillboxes at Sennen, of which 3 survive. |
| DOB site reference: | S0003287 |
| Original Reference | 8706 |
| Event |
Field Visit, On 1996/09/25 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 |
