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DTSTART:20240323T102000Z
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URL:https://cornisharchaeology.org.uk/events/two-presentations-and-a-walk-
 around-maker-heights/
SUMMARY:Two Presentations and a Walk Around Maker Heights
DESCRIPTION:This day – involving a mix of presentations and a walk – ta
 kes place in the beautiful and intensely interesting south-eastern corner 
 of Cornwall. This is where Cornwall was once Devon (administratively at le
 ast\, and as late as 1844)\, and where defence of Plymouth and its naval b
 ases has created a very particular form of historic environment. Great for
 ts placed in strategic positions in rural\, ornamental and urban landscape
  catch the eye and still send shivers down our spines.\n\nPlymouth has lon
 g been a naval centre\, and defences were increased significantly after th
 e threat of invasion of central southern England by the Franco-Spanish Arm
 ada of 1779 (during the American War of Independence) and were extended an
 d improved through the 19th and 20th centuries.\n\nCAS will be operating i
 n partnership with Rame Conservation Trust and the Cornwall National Lands
 cape (AONB)’s Monumental Improvement project. Leaders will include our o
 wn Iain Rowe\, who works for the MI project\, and Lyn Reid\, Malcolm Cross
  and Andrew Martin.\n\nThe event will include two talks in the morning at 
 the Heritage Centre within the Maker Heights Barrack Block. SX 434 514 - W
 3W ///method.dust.chart\n\nThe first talk will be on the history of the Ma
 ker Heights complex\, the second on the work done by the MI project on the
  Scheduled Monuments there. Tea\, coffee and biscuits will be provided.\n\
 nWe suggest you arrive at the Barrack Parking (free) at around 10.20 am to
  be at the Maker Heights Heritage Centre for welcomes and hot drinks at 10
 .30 am so that talks can start at 10.45 am.\n\nAt 12.30 there will be a br
 eak for lunch. Three options: bring your own\; eat in The Canteen\; or ple
 ase book a pasty and pay for it in advance either as you pass in the morni
 ng (they are beside the Salty Dog Café at Gallows Park before you descend
  into Millbrook) or  via their website: CornishPod | Cornish pasties\, pu
 ddings &amp\; pies from South East Cornwall. We can then pick them up for 
 you at lunchtime – please mention when booking Iain Rowe will be picking
  them up.\n\nThe afternoon’s walk\, commencing at 13.30 pm and ending ar
 ound 16.00 pm\, will explore the history of the site from its inception as
  a strategic location for the defence of the Royal Naval Dockyard. There r
 emain five\, now scheduled\, redoubts on the Heights most of which have be
 en altered since their construction. The site also contained a hospital an
 d a barrack block\, the latter is now used as work spaces and includes the
  Heritage Centre and The Canteen. Later defensive additions from WWII and 
 the Cold War will also be explored.
CATEGORIES:Talks,Walks
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