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| HER Number: | MCO62525 |
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| Name: | ST MAWES - C20 minefield alignment sockets |
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Summary
At least two alignment mast sockets survive at St Mawes Castle in Battery Field. They comprise cast-iron sockets set in concrete. A lid for one such socket has been located amongst scaffold clips in the St Mawes engine room and transferred to the museum store. The rims of the sockets are punched with alignment numbers in roman numerals corresponding to numbering on a plan of the minefield dating to 1904 held at the Royal Engineers Museum, Chatham.
Protected Status: None recorded
Other Statuses/Codes: none recorded
Monument Type(s):
Full description
At least two alignment mast sockets survive at St Mawes Castle in Battery Field. They comprise cast-iron sockets set in concrete. A lid for one such socket has been located amongst scaffold clips in the St Mawes engine room and transferred to the museum store. The rims of the sockets are punched with alignment numbers in roman numerals corresponding to numbering on a plan of the minefield dating to 1904 held at the Royal Engineers Museum, Chatham (1).
<1> Linzey, R, 2000, Fortress Falmouth. An conservation plan for the historic defences of Falmouth Haven Vol II (2000), site W13 (Cornwall Event Report). SCO1563.
Sources / Further Reading
| [1] | SCO1563 - Cornwall Event Report: Linzey, R. 2000. Fortress Falmouth. An conservation plan for the historic defences of Falmouth Haven Vol II (2000). site W13. |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- ECO455 - Fortress Falmouth
Related records
| 18708 | Part of: ST MAWES - C16 castle (Monument) |
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