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| HER Number: | MCO62483 |
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| Name: | PENDENNIS - World War Two junction box |
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Summary
Concrete junction box installed by November 1941 for connecting up buried and submerged telephone cables allowing communication between the new 6-pdr twin quick-fire batteries and the wider fortress infrastructure. Similar structures at St Mawes Castle and Carricknath Point demolished between 1957 and 1990.
Protected Status: None recorded
Other Statuses/Codes: none recorded
Monument Type(s):
Full description
Concrete junction box installed by November 1941 for connecting up buried and submerged telephone cables allowing communication between the new 6-pdr twin quick-fire batteries and the wider fortress infrastructure. Similar structures at St Mawes Castle and Carricknath Point demolished between 1957 and 1990 (1).
<1> Linzey, R, 2000, Fortress Falmouth. An conservation plan for the historic defences of Falmouth Haven Vol II (2000), site U23 (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 U23. |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- ECO455 - Fortress Falmouth
Related records
| 18709 | Part of: PENDENNIS - Post Medieval fort (Monument) |
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