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| HER Number: | MCO62503 |
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| Name: | PENDENNIS - World War Two searchlight emplacement |
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Summary
A new concrete searchlight emplacement was built at the outbreak of World War Two on the site of an earlier searchlight emplacement which was within a wooden hut
Protected Status: None recorded
Other Statuses/Codes: none recorded
Monument Type(s):
Full description
A new concrete searchlight emplacement was built at the outbreak of World War Two on the site of an earlier searchlight emplacement which was within a wooden hut. It was camoflauged to resemble this earlier structure so that from the air the German observers would see no changes on the Point.
The new emplacement was first operated in 1941. 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 V7.5 (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 V7.5. |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- ECO455 - Fortress Falmouth
Related records
| 18709 | Part of: PENDENNIS - Post Medieval fort (Monument) |
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