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| HER Number: | MCO62410 |
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| Name: | PENDENNIS - World War Two radar platform |
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Summary
Between 1949 and 1955 various radar vans can be seen parked in the salient of the bastion in oblique aerial photographs. Diagrams in the Fort Record Book for Half Moon indicate that such an arrangement also existed during wartime. Today the parapet has been virtually obliterated along the south face. This alteration may relate to its radar platform function.
Protected Status: None recorded
Other Statuses/Codes: none recorded
Monument Type(s):
Full description
Between 1949 and 1955 various radar vans can be seen parked in the salient of the bastion in oblique aerial photographs. Diagrams in the Fort Record Book for Half Moon indicate that such an arrangement also existed during wartime. Today the parapet has been virtually obliterated along the south face. This alteration may relate to its radar platform function (1).
<1> Linzey, R, 2000, Fortress Falmouth. An conservation plan for the historic defences of Falmouth Haven Vol II (2000), site P1.7 (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 P1.7. |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- ECO455 - Fortress Falmouth
Related records
| 18709 | Part of: PENDENNIS - Post Medieval fort (Monument) |
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