WW2 Heavy Anti-aircraft Gun Battery (site of)

WW2 Heavy Anti-aircraft Gun Battery (site of) is a military installation in Gerrans, Cornwall, England. WW2 Heavy Anti-aircraft Gun Battery (site of) is situated nearby to St Anthony’s church, as well as near Place House.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Great Molunan Beach and St Anthony’s Lighthouse.

Great Molunan Beach

Beach

Photo: Ian Cunliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Great Molunan Beach is situated 1,900 feet southwest of WW2 Heavy Anti-aircraft Gun Battery (site of).

St Anthony’s Lighthouse

Lighthouse

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St Anthony's Lighthouse is the lighthouse at St Anthony Head, on the eastern side of the entrance to Falmouth harbour, Cornwall, UK. The harbour is also known as Carrick Roads and is one of the largest natural harbours in the world. St Anthony’s Lighthouse is situated 3,000 feet southwest of WW2 Heavy Anti-aircraft Gun Battery (site of).

St Mawes Castle

Castle

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St Mawes Castle is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII near Falmouth, Cornwall, between 1540 and 1542. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire, and defended the Carrick Roads waterway at the mouth of the River Fal. St Mawes Castle is situated 1 mile northwest of WW2 Heavy Anti-aircraft Gun Battery (site of).

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bohortha and St Mawes.

Bohortha

Village

Photo: Geoff Pick, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bohortha is a coastal village in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated on the east side of the Roseland Peninsula two miles south of Portscatho.

St Mawes

Village

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St Mawes is a village on the end of the Roseland Peninsula, in the eastern side of Falmouth harbour, on the south coast of Cornwall, England. The village, formerly two separate hamlets, lies on the east bank of the Carrick Roads, a large waterway created after the Ice Age from an ancient valley which flooded as the melt waters caused the sea level to rise.