EAW020275 ENGLAND (1948). The harbour and town, Looe, from the south-east, 1948

RDF TOWER: e35397

A pile of 'Dragon's Teeth' anti-tank pimples placed here after the war as beach defences.

Location of 2ndWW anti-tank vertical rail sockets.

Approx location of a capstan used for the 2ndWW harbour defence boom.

Approx location of a 2ndWW b3pdr. beach/boom defence gun and machine gun sandbagged emplacement.

? Possible location of 2ndWW beach defence 3pdr gun recorded as being at approx this position.

2ndWW pillbox.

2ndWW RDF Tower.

2ndWW barbed wire entanglement.

Approximate location of the planned new Great Western Railway station for Looe, to be constructed as the terminus of a line from a junction with the main lne at Trerulefoot, involving major earthworks (including viaducts and tunnels) via a halt at Seaton. The line was to be constructed using Government Loan Guarantee funding, with the relevant enabling Act of Parliament receiving the Royal Assent in 1936. Exploratory boring was carried out for a new tunnel over 2000 yards long near Seaton, and the approach cutting for the latter was commenced. The onset of WW2 resulted in a suspension of works, but land purchased by the GWR for the line remained in railway ownership by BR until the mid1950s. The GWR established a subsidiary development company to create a new hotel and golf resort associated with the new line: contrary to some accounts, the hotel was never constructed but the golf course was commenced and survives as a field name today. The pin location will be updated when further research is completed.

L and LR sidings on Buller Quay: mineral ores and granite from the Caradon Mining district were stacked here for shipping

WWII Battery Engine House (S0008146)

WWII Coast Artillery Gun Emplacements (S0008144)

WWII Coast Artillery Searchlight (S0008147)

WWII Coast Artillery Searchlight (S0008145)

Liskeard-Looe branch line, still open.