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| HER Number: | 38483 |
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| Name: | FALMOUTH - Modern road block, Modern pillbox |
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Summary
The pillbox and anti-tank road block at the junction on Bickland Park Roadwere listed in the 1995 Fal Historic Audit, but not visited.
Protected Status: None recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 38483
Monument Type(s):
- PILLBOX (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- ROADBLOCK (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
The pillbox and anti-tank road block at the junction on Bickland Park Roadwere listed in the 1995 Fal Historic Audit (1), but not visited, and neither were they included in the Defence of Britain Project. Along with the near-by barrage balloon site (38495) they formed part of a ring of defences to protect the port of Falmouth from attack by land.
<1> Ratcliffe, J, 1995, Fal Estuary Historic Audit (Cornwall Event Report). SCO1501.
Sources / Further Reading
| [1] | SCO1501 - Cornwall Event Report: Ratcliffe, J. 1995. Fal Estuary Historic Audit. |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Related records
| 38486 | Related to: FALMOUTH - Modern pillbox (Monument) |
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