Corsican Tower, Telegraph
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Corsican Tower, Telegraph by Dave Dunford as part of the Geograph project.
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Corsican Tower, Telegraph
Image: © Dave Dunford Taken: 22 Oct 2005
Built 1814 and the site of an "optical telegraph" using semaphore to communicate with the mainland - see http://www.porthcurno.org.uk/html/messages2.html - also the highest point on St. Mary's.
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Image Location
Latitude
49.928229
Longitude
-6.304316