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| HER Number: | 38479 |
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| Name: | FALMOUTH - Modern pillbox |
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Summary - not yet available
Protected Status: None recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Defence of Britain Project (1995-2003): AH62
- National Mapping Programme (Morph No.): 1032.46
- Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 38479
Monument Type(s):
- PILLBOX (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
A pillbox is visible at this location, at the road junction to the SE of Falmouth School, on vertical aerial photographs taken in 1951 (p1). The pillbox, which was demolished during road widening, was recorded during the Defence of Britain Project (AH62). It formed part of a defensive ring to the west of Falmouth, designed to prevent an attack on the port from inland.
RAF, 1951, 58/680 4329-31 (Photographic Record). SCO13325.
Sources / Further Reading
| [p1] | SCO13325 - Photographic Record: RAF. 1951. 58/680 4329-31. ABP. |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Related records
| 38486 | Related to: FALMOUTH - Modern pillbox (Monument) |
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