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Monument Number 428627
Hob Uid: 428627
Location : Cornwall Falmouth
Grid Ref : SW8199032280
Summary : Civil War redoubt consisting of an earthwork bastion constructed during the siege of Pendennis Castle by Parliamentary forces in 1646, Scheduled.
More information : (SW 81993228) Redoubt (NR) (see illustration) (1) Named 'Cromwell's Battery'. (2) "There are also within this parish some of the remains of the outworks of Pendennis (SW 83 SW 4), including a redoubt which is almost in a perfect state". (Pendennis Castle was besieged by Parliamentary Forces for five months in 1646 - See SW 83 SW 11 and 22 for other Civil War earthworks.) (3) Most of this feature was destroyed during the construction of the oil storage depot to the north in the Second World War and the site is partly covered with thick scrub. (4) Conservation report on the redoubt and its environs, including a detailed description of the remains. (5)

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Source details : OS 25" 1880
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Source details : OS 2" Drawing 1805-8
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Source details : Letter W Briton 10 10 1851 (R Thomas)
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Source details : LS Reviser Nov 1967
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : Linzey R, 2000. Fortress Falmouth. A Conservation Plan for the Historic Defence of Falmouth Haven. English Heritage. (2 Volumes)
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : 1646
Monument End Date : 1646
Monument Start Date : 1646
Monument Type : Redoubt
Evidence : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 10552
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SW 83 SW 10
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Relationship type : General association

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