Reconstruction drawing showing men changing into work uniforms in the entrance lobby to the new Cartridge Store at the Half Moon Battery, located at the southern end of Pendennis Castle, as the scene may have appeared circa 1911

Date:
circa 1995 - circa 1999
Location:
Pendennis Castle, Half Moon Battery, Castle Drive, Falmouth, Cornwall
Reference:
IC077/015
Type:
Reconstruction Artwork
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Description

Men working in the cartridge stores had to wear special clothing and canvas shoes to reduce the risk of metal clothing components causing sparks and igniting the volatile explosives. The men were required to change in the entrance lobby before entering the stores. This illustration is one of nine pencil sketch reconstructions produced in the mid to late 1990s, four of which were reproduced on page 13 of the 1999 English Heritage guidebook for Pendennis and St Mawes Castles. The drawings illustrate the tasks involved in preparing and loading the two six-inch guns mounted at Half Moon Battery.

Content

This is part of the Volume: IC077 Pendennis Castle, Cornwall; within the Series: EHC01/146 English Heritage Reconstruction And Artwork Collection; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(Eh):Archive

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Illustrator: Lapper, Ivan

Keywords

Lobby, Victorian Gun Emplacement, Victorian Battery, Military, People At Work