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Square-shaped pillbox with incorporated blast wall to entrance, one of two similar pillboxes only 5ft apart on either side of the coastal footpath on clifftop. Measures 99ins x 90ins x 128ins on longest wall incorporating blast wall. 4 embrasures with walls 15ins thick. Overgrown.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/09/25)
Structure plotted from OS 1:2500 sheet.
(Source: Map 1963)
Square structure plotted from air photograph.
(Source: Air Photograph 1946/05/13)
2 x square pillboxes [see also UORN 3282], on each side of a footpath. Very overgrown.
(Source: Field Visit 2001)
Concrete block built rectangular pillbox, one of two side by side (4ft apart) at this point with the footpath running between them [see also UORN 3282]. Because of the slope of the hill this pillbox stands slightly higher than its southern counterpart. It has two side by side embrasures in the E face. Doorway with attached loopholed blast wall on the NW corner. Overgrown with ivy. Interior access possible.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/01/20)
Type of site | PILLBOX (VARIANT) |
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Location | At side of coastal footpath on cliffs to E of Porthcurno Beach. |
Area |
St. Levan, Cornwall, England |
Grid reference |
SW 38854 22456
(Scale: 1:2500
, 1963)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Concrete Block, Reinforced Concrete |
Threats |
Type: Plant growth (Long Term) Detail: Pillbox is overgrown. |
Recorder | Harvey, Alwyn (Fortress Study Group) |
Defence grouping |
Cornwall coast defences - Defences of the Cornwall coastal crust. |
Photographs |
(2) - exterior views (1 attached to form). |
Adjacent sites | 9 other pillboxes defending Porthcurno. |
DOB site reference: | S0003280 |
Original Reference | 8699 |
Reference |
1946/05/13 3G/TUD/UK/210 (fr.5072) |
Event |
Field Visit, On 1996/09/25 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, During 2001 Field Visit, On 2003/01/20 |