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| HER Number: | 139680 |
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| Name: | FALMOUTH - Modern pillbox |
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Summary - not yet available
Protected Status: None recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Mapping Programme (Morph No.): 1032.45
- Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 139680
Monument Type(s):
- PILLBOX (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
A pillbox is visible at this location, alongside the Falmouth-Truro railway line, on vertical aerial photographs taken in 1946 (p1). The pillbox (now demolished) was recorded during the Defence of Britain Project (AH63). It formed part of a defensive ring to the west of Falmouth, designed to prevent an attack on the port from inland.
RAF, 1946, 106G/UK/1663 4171-2 (Photographic Record). SCO10307.
Sources / Further Reading
| [p1] | SCO10307 - Photographic Record: RAF. 1946. 106G/UK/1663 4171-2. ABP. |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- ECO6218 - Land at Falmouth (Ref: 51780)
Related records: none recorded
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