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| HER Number: | 38487 |
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| Name: | FALMOUTH - Modern pillbox |
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Summary
A pillbox is visible on vertical aerial photographs taken in 1951, to the west of Bickland Water Road.
Protected Status: None recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Defence of Britain Project (1995-2003): AH59
- National Mapping Programme (Morph No.): 1032.55
- Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 38487
Monument Type(s):
- PILLBOX (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
A pillbox is visible on vertical aerial photographs (1) taken in 1951, to the west of Bickland Water Road. This pillbox is recorded as now demolished (2). It formed one of a defensive ring of pillboxes and other defences to the west of Falmouth which was formed to defend the port from landward attack.
Bampton, J, Walls, S & Webb, P, 2015, Land at Menehay, Bickland Water Road, Falmouth, Cornwall Results of a Desk Based Assessment, Walkover Survey and Archaeological Gradiometer Survey (Cornwall Event Report). SCO27344.
<1> RAF, 1951, 58/680 4312-3 (Photographic Record). SCO13322.
<2> ALWYN HARVEY, 1997 - 2001, DEFENCE OF BRITAIN PROJECT, AH59 (Cornwall Archive). SCO9017.
Sources / Further Reading
| --- | SCO27344 - Cornwall Event Report: Bampton, J, Walls, S & Webb, P. 2015. Land at Menehay, Bickland Water Road, Falmouth, Cornwall Results of a Desk Based Assessment, Walkover Survey and Archaeological Gradiometer Survey. South West Archaeology Ltd. 151205. |
| [1] | SCO13322 - Photographic Record: RAF. 1951. 58/680 4312-3. ABP. |
| [2] | SCO9017 - Cornwall Archive: ALWYN HARVEY. 1997 - 2001. DEFENCE OF BRITAIN PROJECT. DEFENCE OF BRITAIN PROJECT. AH59. |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- ECO4508 - Land at Menehay (Ref: 151205)
Related records
| 38486 | Related to: FALMOUTH - Modern pillbox (Monument) |
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