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| HER Number: | MCO62421 |
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| Name: | PENDENNIS - C20 battery |
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Summary
The 1904 Falmouth Defence Scheme records that Pendennis Castle was protected by five c.m. (carriage mounted?) machine guns. Today the ammunition lockers set into the parapet of Horse Pool Bastion identify this as the location of a powerful machine gun battery. By 1911 the number of machine guns at the castle had been reduced to one.
Protected Status: None recorded
Other Statuses/Codes: none recorded
Monument Type(s):
- BATTERY (Edwardian to Unknown - 1904 AD)
Full description
The 1904 Falmouth Defence Scheme records that Pendennis Castle was protected by five c.m. (carriage mounted?) machine guns. Today the ammunition lockers set into the parapet of Horse Pool Bastion identify this as the location of a powerful machine gun battery. By 1911 the number of machine guns at the castle had been reduced to one (1).
<1> Linzey, R, 2000, Fortress Falmouth. An conservation plan for the historic defences of Falmouth Haven Vol II (2000), site R1.6 (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 R1.6. |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- ECO455 - Fortress Falmouth
Related records
| 18709 | Part of: PENDENNIS - Post Medieval fort (Monument) |
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