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| HER Number: | MCO62419 |
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| Name: | PENDENNIS - C19 gun emplacement |
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Summary
In June 1853 Captain Richard I Nelson of the Royal Engineers sent an estimate for adapting the bastion to receive new armament and side arms shed to the Inspector General of Fortifications, John Fox Burgoyne. Burgoyne ordered a 56-pdr on dwarf traversing platform from the Director General of the Royal Artillery with which to equip the emplacement at the same time. The scars of the side arm shed demolished
to make way for a machine gun battery are still visible in the revetment wall (1).
Protected Status: None recorded
Other Statuses/Codes: none recorded
Monument Type(s):
Full description
In June 1853 Captain Richard I Nelson of the Royal Engineers sent an estimate for adapting the bastion to receive new armament and side arms shed to the Inspector General of Fortifications, John Fox Burgoyne. Burgoyne ordered a 56-pdr on dwarf traversing platform from the Director General of the Royal Artillery with which to equip the emplacement at the same time. The scars of the side arm shed demolished
to make way for a machine gun battery are still visible in the revetment wall (1).
<1> Linzey, R, 2000, Fortress Falmouth. An conservation plan for the historic defences of Falmouth Haven Vol II (2000), site R1.4 (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 R1.4. |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- ECO455 - Fortress Falmouth
Related records
| 18709 | Part of: PENDENNIS - Post Medieval fort (Monument) |
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