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Pillbox 25, according to documentary evidence (Royal Fusiliers' map). At the seaward (S) edge of a vegetable field, but its seaward face is effectively masked up to embrasure level by the raised sea defence bank which carries the present coastal path. Of hexagonal plan and concrete block walling. Currently in use as a store. Scheduled as SM 15530, AI 147180.
(Source: Field Visit 1999)
Type of site | PILLBOX (VARIANT) |
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Location | Old Town, Nowhere - on S coastline of St. Mary's, 250m SE of Carn Gwavel Farm. |
Area |
St. Mary's, Cornwall, England |
Grid reference |
SV 9119 1018
(Scale: 1:25000
, 1964)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Concrete Block |
Recorder | Harvey, Alwyn (Fortress Study Group) |
Defence grouping |
Scilly Isles defences - Defences of the Isles of Scilly. |
Attached Sheets | (9) - site location map; print-outs of site details from NMR; sheets with attached photographs. |
Photographs |
![]() ![]() (5) - 3 exterior, 2 interior views (2 DIGITISED). |
DOB site reference: | S0012530 |
Associated Identifier | Scheduled Monument (ref: SM 15530, AI 147180) |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, During 1999 |