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HER Number:MCO62541
Name:ST MAWES - World War Two defence lines

Summary

Plans in the Fort Record Book for Falmouth Fire Command dated 1941 indicate positions of slit trenches, spigot mortars, road blocks and defence posts surrounding St Mawes Castle and 6-pdr Battery. No surface
trace of these features has been identified.

Grid Reference:SW 8408 3280
Parish:St Just in Roseland, Carrick, Cornwall
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Protected Status: None recorded

Other Statuses/Codes: none recorded

Monument Type(s):

Full description

Plans in the Fort Record Book for Falmouth Fire Command dated 1941 indicate positions of slit trenches, spigot mortars, road blocks and defence posts surrounding St Mawes Castle and 6-pdr Battery. No surface
trace of these features has been identified (1).


<1> Linzey, R, 2000, Fortress Falmouth. An conservation plan for the historic defences of Falmouth Haven Vol II (2000), site W30 (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 W30.

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • ECO455 - Fortress Falmouth

Related records

18708Part of: ST MAWES - C16 castle (Monument)