St. Breward Patrol

St. Breward Auxiliary Unit had three hide outs. A main OB which utilized an old mine originally cut looking to investigate if ore was there. The entrance was made smaller and the natural environment made it hard to find. A back-up OB was located away elsewhere 'between two small rocks' with a third used as the bomb store.

Once inside the main OB entrance the tunnel widened out to a with of 4 feet and height of around 7 feet. It was carved out of the natural stone without any supports. No timber or iron was used to construct the OB in the tunnel, they purely made use of the natural rock. The tunnel was quite dry and houses the remains of timber, metal and wire netting used to construct bunks. About half way along the tunnel a vertical shaft was dug to the surface of the hillside. This was most likely originally a ventilation shaft. The Patrol put up a ladder so they could climb to the surface. This was most likely to use as an Observation Post. The top of the shaft was well disguised with gorse and is now blocked up.

The second emergency OB was half a mile away from the main OB, concealed between two rocks in a natural cleft in the rocks. It was on the side of a very steep almost inaccessible hillside leading down to a river. This is inaccessible.

The bomb store was again around half a mile from the main OB. Again the Patrol made use of a mineral exploration tunnel and used it to store the explosives. The bomb store is now covered with old tin roofs, dirt and rubbish and would require quite an effort to uncover.