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| HER Number: | MCO62395 |
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| Name: | PENDENNIS - C19 artificer's shop |
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Summary
An artificer's shop serving both Half Moon and One Gun Battery was constructed in the 1890s between the chemise and the east face of the ravelin. It was virtually identical in design to one built to serve St Anthony Battery in 1897, for which plans survive. The shop contained a forge, bellows, anvil, coal store, bench and shelves. Heat escaped through a louvred lantern over the forge. The forge continued to be used until 1956 and was demolished after the site came into guardianship in 1958.
Protected Status: None recorded
Other Statuses/Codes: none recorded
Monument Type(s):
- SHOP (19th Century to Cold War - 1890 AD to 1958 AD)
Full description
An artificer's shop serving both Half Moon and One Gun Battery was constructed in the 1890s between the chemise and the east face of the ravelin. It was virtually identical in design to one built to serve St Anthony Battery in 1897, for which plans survive. The shop contained a forge, bellows, anvil, coal store, bench and shelves. Heat escaped through a louvred lantern over the forge. The forge continued to be used until 1956 and was demolished after the site came into guardianship in 1958 (1).
<1> Linzey, R, 2000, Fortress Falmouth. An conservation plan for the historic defences of Falmouth Haven Vol II (2000), site N6 (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 N6. |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- ECO455 - Fortress Falmouth
Related records
| 18709 | Part of: PENDENNIS - Post Medieval fort (Monument) |
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