Rope store, Portreath Harbour
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Rope store, Portreath Harbour
Image: © Simon Huguet Taken: 11 Aug 2008
I was told that this small weathered red brick structure is probably the old harbour rope store where the ropes for warping vessels in and out of the harbour would be stored. This tiny fragment is about all that remains of the thriving C19th industrial port complex that once occupied this site.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.261391
Longitude
-5.290968
