Gallery 24 - Coverack to Helford
Porthkerris Cove -1
Porthkerris Cove is not on the Coast Path but can be reached by a permissive footpath from Porthoustock
which passes the old St. Keverne Quarries.
Porthallow can be reached from Porthkerris by footpaths / roads
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View over an old tramway to Porthkerris Cove.
The former MOD Observation Post , is on a headland - Porthkerris Point with Drawna Rocks offshore.
Ths was the southern point of an airborne torpedo/mine testing range until 1994 -
the other MOD Observation Post was to the north at Nare Point .
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This view is from the old rope-worked Pencra Head Incline.
A number of Quarries where linked by the tramway , with the aggregate taken to the Quays .
Ref: 5364
Date: 30/10/2017
Location: SW 8069 2256