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Type 24 pillbox which has 5 embrasures (now, with the door, blocked up). Soil and grass on roof. There is an inscription in the cement above the steps leading down to the entrance door which reads, 'Sgt. L. Godfrey RE'.
(Source: Field Visit 1998/05/15)
Pillbox, no specification. One of three pillboxes erected on St. Michael's Mount. Built of concrete blocks with a reinforced concrete roof. Entry is to the rear via steps down from the SE. Walls are 0.7m thick and there are 5 splayed embrasures, one in each of the main faces.
(Source: Field Visit 1993)
Pillbox structure plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1964)
Type 24 variant pillbox of concrete block construction. Attached blast wall and doorway which is blocked today. Faces S.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/01/21)


      

        Type of site
        PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24)
      

      

        Location
        Situated on St. Michael's Mount, on shore to S of castle.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            SW 51395 29770
             (Scale: 1:2500
              , 1964)
            

        		
      

      

        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
        (3) - sheets of photographs.

      

      

        Photographs
        
View of PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) - S0000151
View of PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) - S0000151
         

     (6) - 1 interior, 5 exterior and landscape views (attached to sheets).  		
      

      

        Adjacent sites
        2 other pillboxes on St. Michael's Mount.

      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0000151

      

      

        Associated Identifier
        
            National Trust SMR (ref: 91570)
        
      


      

        Event
        
            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

            Field Visit, On 1998/05/15 

            Field Visit, On 2003/01/21 

            Field Visit, During 1993 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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