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HER Number:MCO62500
Name:PENDENNIS - C20 searchlight emplacement

Summary

Towards the end of 1902, one of the lights at Middle Point was moved to this new emplacement below One Gun Battery on the glacis of the fort. However, by 1904 this site had been replaced by another emplacement.

Grid Reference:SW 8253 3179
Parish:Falmouth, Carrick, Cornwall
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Protected Status: None recorded

Other Statuses/Codes: none recorded

Monument Type(s):

Full description

Towards the end of 1902, one of the lights at Middle Point was moved to this new emplacement below One Gun Battery on the glacis of the fort. However, by 1904 this site had been replaced by another emplacement. All emplacements have subsequently been demolished leaving only footings (1).


<1> Linzey, R, 2000, Fortress Falmouth. An conservation plan for the historic defences of Falmouth Haven Vol II (2000), site V7.2 (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 V7.2.

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • ECO455 - Fortress Falmouth

Related records

18709Part of: PENDENNIS - Post Medieval fort (Monument)