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Pillbox, built into wall of 17th century Woolpack Battery. Made of concrete blocks, with stone facing.
(Source: Field Visit 1998/04/03)
Pillbox 4 (Woolpack Point), Neatly disguised within wall angle of 18th cent. gun battery. Of concrete block construction and slender pentagonal plan to fit into the battery apex, and camouflaged by facing both seaward sides with coursed granite slabs to match the earlier walling of the battery. Now part of Guardianship Monument and scheduled as SM 15434, AI 139138. [AH551].
(Source: Field Visit 1999)
Type of site | PILLBOX (VARIANT) |
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Location | Woolpack Point, The Garrison, St. Mary's, Scilly Isles. |
Area |
St. Mary's, Cornwall, England |
Grid reference |
SV 8979 1089
(Scale: 1:25000
, 1996)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Concrete Block, Granite |
Recorder | Williams, C.A, |
Defence grouping |
Scilly Isles defences - Defences of the Isles of Scilly. |
Attached Sheets | (3) - print-out from NMR record, and page of attached photographs. |
Photographs |
![]() (3) - exterior views (1 DIGITISED). |
DOB site reference: | S0001911 |
Associated Identifier | Scheduled Monument (ref: SM 15434, AI 139138) |
Original Reference | 7238 |
Event |
Field Visit, On 1998/04/03 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, During 1999 |