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HER Number:7909.03
Name:THE GARRISON - Modern siegework

Summary

A map summarising WW2 features on St Mary's records fire-breaks cut on the Garrison.

Grid Reference:SV 8990 1020
Parish:St Marys, St Marys, Isles of Scilly
Map:Show location on Streetmap

Protected Status: None recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 7909.03

Monument Type(s):

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

Full description

A map summarising WW2 features on St Mary's has the label "fire-breaks cut on Garrison" but no further details (b1). There were several military sites on the Garrison and these fire-breaks, together with barbed wire (7909.02) helped protect them.


<1> OSBORNE, JP, 1990, SCILLONIAN WAR DIARY, 1939-1945, VOL 2, APP O (Unedited Source). SCO8939.

Sources / Further Reading

[1]SCO8939 - Unedited Source: OSBORNE, JP. 1990. SCILLONIAN WAR DIARY, 1939-1945. VOL 2, APP O.

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

Related records

7900Part of: THE GARRISON - Post Medieval fortification (Monument)