Near the Lizard, Cornwall

Recently I photographed this enigmatic military ruin on the Lizard peninsula, Cornwall. Obviously it is of military (or Coastguard?) origin. It is hexagonal and appears to be some sort of large pillbox, except that it has a hexagonal concrete inner base area with a cable duct running off underground. I. one of the pictures it is possible to clearly see the bolts used to secure something to it. As you can see from the pictures it has an inner 'blast' wall at the doorway, and there is some random concrete inside and a short distance away that possibly hints towards a roof or partial roof having existed at one time.

It is fairly close to a military radar installation, which has variously been described as WW2 and Cold War.

The question is what is it? Anyone who knows the area (and my description will be clear to local people) will know exactly where this is.

I don't wish to be any more specific about the location as it is on very private land with casual visitors not welcomed as a general rule.

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Curious! I,m sure the answer will come soon,still it was a nice day for photograpy thanks for sharing

It's the blast wall around the foundation for a WWII radio direction finding building.

It may be private land butthere is no harm in asking the owner if it is OK to look, they might even have the answer for you

P Bellamy said:

It's the blast wall around the foundation for a WWII radio direction finding building.

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OK - thanks. I'm guessing that it is linked to the nearby radar station in that case?

night crawler said:

It may be private land butthere is no harm in asking the owner if it is OK to look, they might even have the answer for you

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They were fine with me looking, but had no idea what it was (they thought it might have been a gun emplacement - which of course it isn't)

Greenbear said:

OK - thanks. I'm guessing that it is linked to the nearby radar station in that case?

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These are more usually associated with airfields. They were a navigational aid rather than for detection.

For instance, there's an almost identical one (octagonal blast wall, concrete footings for the timber hut) on the north side of Predannack airfield.

Sorry duplicate post - still getting used to navigating the site

P Bellamy said:

These are more usually associated with airfields. They were a navigational aid rather than for detection.

For instance, there's an almost identical one (octagonal blast wall, concrete footings for the timber hut) on the north side of Predannack airfield.

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Now that is interesting, this is not that far from Predannack, and also would be the first land reached if flying from the east and heading towards Predannack.