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HER Number:MCO54746
Name:SPARNOCK - Post Medieval railway tunnel

Summary

The west portal of the Sparnick tunnel.

Grid Reference:SW 7924 4227
Parish:Kea, Carrick, Cornwall
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Protected Status: None recorded

Other Statuses/Codes: none recorded

Monument Type(s):

Full description

The west portal of the Sparnick tunnel at 303m 10c. The tunnel is 491 yds long, and was built to double-track width. The portal is of local stone, with channelled stone voussoirs to the round arch (JRS).


Woodfin, RJ, 1972, The Cornwall Railway (Bibliographic reference). SCO5068.

Sources / Further Reading

---SCO5068 - Bibliographic reference: Woodfin, RJ. 1972. The Cornwall Railway.

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

Related records

165670Part of: CORNWALL RAILWAY - Post Medieval railway (Monument)
MCO54986Part of: SPARNOCK - Post Medieval railway tunnel (Monument)