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| HER Number: | MCO62520 |
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| Name: | ST MAWES - C18 landing place |
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Summary
A paved ramp connecting a landing place beside Castle Beach by track to the ditch and counterscarp to the rear of St Mawes Castle is shown on the Lilly Survey of 1717.
Protected Status: None recorded
Other Statuses/Codes: none recorded
Monument Type(s):
Full description
A paved ramp connecting a landing place beside Castle Beach by track to the ditch and counterscarp to the rear of St Mawes Castle is shown on the Lilly Survey of 1717. This track crosses the line of one of the present grass ramps within the Guardianship area. The remains of a ramp still survive and are the principal means of reaching the beach. One theory is that the ramp is all that remains of a Brennan Torpedo Station. Certainly the site lends itself to such a use and may well have been considered but there is no sign of the infrastructure of such a complex.(1)
<1> Linzey, R, 2000, Fortress Falmouth. An conservation plan for the historic defences of Falmouth Haven Vol II (2000), site W8 (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 W8. |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- ECO455 - Fortress Falmouth
Related records
| 18708 | Part of: ST MAWES - C16 castle (Monument) |
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