Par Coastal Gun Battery
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The Par Coastal Gun Battery was a coastal gun battery constructed in the summer of 1940 when Britain was facing the threat of invasion from Nazi Germany. It is on the former site of the Par Consols Mine, overlooking Par Docks.
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Cornish Lorry Battery; Par Gun Battery
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Location: 50.3444, -4.7056, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
16 places
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Cornish Rebellion of 1497 ⓘ
popular uprising by the people of Cornwall in the far southwest of Britain -
Battle of Braddock Down ⓘ
1564 battle of the First English Civil War -
Battle of Lostwithiel ⓘ
battle in the First English Civil War (1644) -
Padstow Coastal Gun Battery ⓘ
disused artillery battery in Cornwall, United Kingdom -
Par Coastal Gun Battery ⓘ
disused artillery battery in Cornwall, United Kingdom -
The Battery ⓘ
architectural structure in St. Germans, Cornwall, England, UK -
St Anthony Battery ⓘ
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Bodmin District Council Emergency Centre ⓘ
civil defence centre in Corwall, UK -
St Austel Restormel Borough Emergency Centre ⓘ
civil defence centre in Cornwall, UK -
Truro Cornwall County Emergency Centre ⓘ
civil defence centre in Cornwall -
Truro Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters ⓘ
British Cold War command centre in Cornwall -
Caerhays Castle ⓘ
Grade I listed country house in Cornwall, England, UK
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Restormel Castle ⓘ
castle, now ruinous, north of Lostwithiel, Cornwall, England, UK -
St Catherine's Castle ⓘ
castle in Fowey, Cornwall, England, UK -
HMCS Trentonian ⓘ
1943 modified Flower-class corvette -
HMS A7 ⓘ
1905 A-class submarine
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Coastal Artillery Search Light at Spit Beach
Entrance to Number 2 Gun Magazine at Par Coastal Gun Battery
Number 1 Gun Mounting Bolts at Par Coastal Gun Battery
Par Coastal Battery Gun No.2 with sentry in 1941Par Coastal Battery Gun No.2 with sentry in 1941
Par - Coastal Artillery Search Light 02
Par- Coastal Artillery Search Light 01Par - Coastal Artillery Search Light 02Par- Coastal Artillery Search Light 01| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| event | armed conflict | 1496 | Cornish Rebellion of 1497 | rebellion | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1643 | Battle of Braddock Down | battle, Cavalier, Roundhead | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1644 | Battle of Lostwithiel | Cavalier, Roundhead, battle | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | SM UB-118 | U-boat, Type UB III submarine | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Padstow Coastal Gun Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Par Coastal Gun Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | The Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | 1895 | St Anthony Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | bunker | Bodmin District Council Emergency Centre | civil defense center | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | St Austel Restormel Borough Emergency Centre | civil defense center, Restormel Borough Council | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Truro Cornwall County Emergency Centre | Cornwall Council, civil defense center | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Truro Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters | Royal Observer Corps, bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Caerhays Castle | English country house, castle | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | 1100 | Restormel Castle | English Heritage, local authority museum, castle | Wikidata |
| site | castle | 1538 | St Catherine's Castle | fort, English Heritage, castle | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | HMCS Trentonian | shipwreck, Flower-class corvette, corvette | Wikidata | |
| site | shipwreck | HMS A7 | sunken vessel, submarine, A-class submarine | Wikidata | |
| commons | image | Coastal Artillery Search Light at Spit Beach | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Entrance to Number 2 Gun Magazine at Par Coastal Gun Battery | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Number 1 Gun Mounting Bolts at Par Coastal Gun Battery | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Par Coastal Battery Gun No.2 with sentry in 1941 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Par Coastal Battery Gun No.2 with sentry in 1941 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Par - Coastal Artillery Search Light 02 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Par- Coastal Artillery Search Light 01 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Par - Coastal Artillery Search Light 02 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Par- Coastal Artillery Search Light 01 | Commons | ||
