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Pillbox, of an irregular hexagon, with an entrance porch open to the W at the seaward side. Embrasures close to the ground surface, probably due to increase in surface level owing to windblown sand. Some embrasures now blocked. Water in entrance way making access difficult.
(Source: Field Visit 1995/09/07)
Pillbox 23, according to documentary source and Royal Fusiliers' WW2 map. Built into the interior of a Civil War gun battery whose rampart rises to the base of the pillbox embrasures on the W side. Hexagonal plan and concrete block walling. Square embrasures. Scheduled as SM 15532, AI 147182, with the Civil War battery as AI 147239.
(Source: Field Visit 1999)
Type of site | PILLBOX (VARIANT) |
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Location | At Tolman Point, between Old Town Bay and Porth Minnick, on S coastline of St. Mary's. |
Area |
St. Mary's, Cornwall, England |
Grid reference |
SV 9159 1000
(Scale: 1:25000
, 196)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Concrete, Concrete Block |
Recorder | Child, Greg J. |
Defence grouping |
Scilly Isles defences - Defences of the Isles of Scilly. |
Attached Sheets | (11) - site location map; print-outs of site details from NMR; pages with attached photographs. |
Photographs |
(5) - exterior views (2 DIGITISED). |
DOB site reference: | S0003226 |
Associated Identifier | Scheduled Monument (ref: SM 15532, AI 147182) |
Original Reference | 8642 |
Event |
Field Visit, On 1995/09/07 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, During 1999 |