What is recorded here
St. Mawes Coastal Battery is shown as a ruins on the public map of Cornwall. The saved point is the map point or the centre of its mapped shape.
St. Mawes Coastal Battery was a 19th-century defensive site built to protect Falmouth Harbour, featuring gun emplacements and barracks. It is connected to British military efforts during the Napoleonic Wars and later conflicts, reflecting the strategic importance of the Cornish coast.
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