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ID:SDV352067
Title:West Soar and the Old Admiralty Signal Stations
Originator:Sleightholme, J. D.
Date:1992
Summary:Stone built signal station, part of a coastal chain of stations set up in the Napoleonic Wars to alert ships and bases to the presence of enemy shipping in the channel. Details of the set up of the signalling system given together with that of the telegraph line and semaphore system.

Associated Monuments (1)

MDV7031West Soar Admiralty Signal Station, Malborough (Monument)