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Irregularly-shaped pillbox designed to fit in with the large rocks at its location. It is basically rectangular in design with 3 embrasures on the 2 walls facing the sea. It has 24ins thick walls and a 29ins wide doorway. The doorway has been blocked with concrete blocks although half of these have been removed and entry can be gained. There is an inscription 'LG' in cement at entrance [see UORN 151].
(Source: Field Visit 1998/05/15)
Pillbox, no specification. The smallest and most westerly of three pillboxes erected on St. Michael's Mount. It is roughly trapezoidal in plan, built of concrete blocks with a reinforced concrete roof. Entry is via a 0.7m wide door to the rear (E side). Walls are 0.7m thick and the ceiling is 1.9m above the concrete floor. There are three internally splayed embrasures, one in the short W wall and two in the long N wall. Turf placed as camouflage on the roof is largely washed away.
(Source: Field Visit 1993)
Rectangular structure plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1964)
Pillbox built with concrete blocks for its site amongst rocks - it has a trapezoidal shape, with the forward face (W) being narrower than the rear. Three embrasures. Faces W. Interior access possible.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/01/21)
| Type of site | PILLBOX (VARIANT) |
|---|---|
| Location | At beach level on St. Michael's Mount to W of castle. |
| Area |
St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall, England |
| Grid reference |
SW 51334 29852
(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 |
(7) - 2 interior views, 5 exterior and landscape views (attached to sheets). |
| Adjacent sites | 2 other pillboxes on St. Michael's Mount. |
| DOB site reference: | S0000153 |
| Associated Identifier | National Trust SMR (ref: 91569) |
| Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1998/05/15 Field Visit, On 2003/01/21 Field Visit, During 1993 |
