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HER Number:MCO62387
Name:PENDENNIS - Modern possible radar station

Summary

A structure of unknown purpose apparently comprising a pitched roofed hut and a semi-permanent caravn on the glacis between the Ravelin and Half Moon Battery appears on air photos between 1949 and 1955. The structure had disappeared by air photos of 1964. The building may have been a radar station with mobile radar caravan.

Grid Reference:SW 8249 3174
Parish:Falmouth, Carrick, Cornwall
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Protected Status: None recorded

Other Statuses/Codes: none recorded

Monument Type(s):

Full description

A structure of unknown purpose apparently comprising a pitched roofed hut and a semi-permanent caravn on the glacis between the Ravelin and Half Moon Battery appears on air photos between 1949 and 1955. The structure had disappeared by air photos of 1964. The building may have been a radar station with mobile radar caravan (1).


<1> Linzey, R, 2000, Fortress Falmouth. An conservation plan for the historic defences of Falmouth Haven Vol II (2000), Site M5 (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 M5.

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • ECO455 - Fortress Falmouth

Related records

18709Part of: PENDENNIS - Post Medieval fort (Monument)