Description

MARAZION ST MICHAEL'S MOUNT
SW 53 SW

1/62 The Sentry Box

GV II*

Defensive wall with sentry box. C15. Battered granite rubble wall built over rocky
outcrop.
Plan: thick retaining wall with sentry box at its north end and gateway at its south
end. The wall is pierced by 3 embrasures splayed on both faces.
The sentry box is just large enough inside for a man to stand and is roofed with
corbelled granite slabs sloping down under a ridge slab. Small lookout opening to
the 3 outer sides and doorway to the inner (west) side.
The rocky outcrop within is the former St Michael's Chair, later to be resited on the
Church tower.

Listing NGR: SW5142629878

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17534988

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)