Crab Quay Battery
A gun battery, known as Crab Quay battery, was built in the 18th Century to defend the fairly easy landing point on Pendennis Head.
Near the end of the Victorian period, the site was reused to install two new 6-pounder quick-firing guns to protect an underwater minefield. The construction of batteries at St Mawes and Pendennis with heavier guns rendered the ones here redundant and they were removed in 1906.
It was not used during the First World War. However, during the Second World War, two guns were installed to target fast torpedo motor boats. There is a wreck of one of these German "E-boats" at Crackington Haven in North Cornwall.
On walks
- Falmouth and Pendennis Head (5.3 mile walk)
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The app will direct you to the start of the walk via satnav.
The app guides you around the walk using GPS, removing any worries about getting lost.
The walk route is described with detailed, regularly-updated, hand-written directions.
Each time there is a new direction to follow, the app will beep to remind you, and will warn you if you go off-route.
A map shows the route, where you are at all times and even which way you are facing.
Each walk is packed with information about the history and nature along the route, from over a decade of research than spans more than 3,000 topics.
Once a walk is downloaded, the app doesn't need a phone or wifi signal during the walk.
The app counts down distance to the next direction and estimates time remaining based on your personal walking speed.
We keep the directions continually updated for changes to the paths/landmarks - the price for a walk includes ongoing free updates.
