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HER Number:MCO54769
Name:COSAWES - Post Medieval railway

Summary

The line of the Cornwall Railway of 1863, abandoned in 1923.

Grid Reference:SW 7669 3721
Parish:St Gluvias, Kerrier, Cornwall
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Protected Status: None recorded

Other Statuses/Codes: none recorded

Monument Type(s):

  • RAILWAY (Abandoned, 19th Century to Early 20th Century - 1863 AD to 1923 AD)

Full description

The line of the Cornwall Railway of 1863, abandoned in 1923 when the Pascoe viaduct was dismantled and the railway to Falmouth was realigned to the south-west. The railway survives as intact cutting and embankment, now overgrown but complete and undisturbed (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)