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| HER Number: | 38484 |
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| Name: | TREGONIGGIE - Modern pillbox |
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Summary
Second World War Type 24 pillbox constructed from concrete blocks with inner anti-ricochet wall.
Protected Status: None recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Defence of Britain Project (1995-2003): AH6
- National Mapping Programme (Morph No.): 1032.49
- Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 38484
Monument Type(s):
- PILLBOX (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
A WWII pillbox recorded during the Defence of Britain Project (2). Constructed from concrete blocks - Type 24 with normal thickness walls. Inner anti-ricochet wall visible through space above blocked-in entrance - on road side.
The pillbox is clearly visible on vertical aerial photographs taken in 1950 (1), on the W side of Bickland Water Road, opposite Tregoniggie Industrial Estate.
<1> RAF, 1950, 58/472 5253-4 (Photographic Record). SCO12980.
<2> ALWYN HARVEY, 1997 - 2001, DEFENCE OF BRITAIN PROJECT, AH6 (Cornwall Archive). SCO9017.
Sources / Further Reading
| [1] | SCO12980 - Photographic Record: RAF. 1950. 58/472 5253-4. ABP. |
| [2] | SCO9017 - Cornwall Archive: ALWYN HARVEY. 1997 - 2001. DEFENCE OF BRITAIN PROJECT. DEFENCE OF BRITAIN PROJECT. AH6. |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Related records
| 38486 | Related to: FALMOUTH - Modern pillbox (Monument) |
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