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HER Number:52822
Name:MARAZION GREEN - Modern pillbox

Summary

The ruins of a possible WW2 pillbox is visible on aerial photographs.

Grid Reference:SW 5130 3101
Parish:Ludgvan, Penwith, Cornwall
Map:Show location on Streetmap

Protected Status: None recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • National Mapping Programme (Morph No.): 308.1.5
  • Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 52822

Monument Type(s):

  • PILLBOX (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Full description

The remains of a possible WW2 pillbox, possibly collapsed from the dunes above, is visible on aerial photographs (p1) and was plotted as part of the NMP. It is one of a series of pillboxes (52820, 52821) designed to protect Mounts Bay from enemy attack.


RAF, 1946, 106G/1663/3312 (Photographic Record). SCO9883.

Sources / Further Reading

[p1]SCO9883 - Photographic Record: RAF. 1946. 106G/1663/3312. ABP.

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

Related records: none recorded