National Coastwatch Institution (NCI) station on Gwennap Head near Porthgwarra, Cornwall, England, UK

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The prominent building that can be seen today was begun in around 1905, as a one-storey Coastguard lookout station, and was opened by 1910. A second storey was added to give extra height to the watch room after a French trawler was wrecked at the foot of Wireless Point, Porthcurno on 14 March 1956. The Vert Prairial could not be seen when she was wrecked, and seventeen crew lost their lives. The coastguard station was closed in 1994, and re-opened on 21 October 1996 as NCI Gwennap Head.

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Location: Gwennap Head near Porthgwarra, Cornwall, England, UK
Photo credit: © John Keates / Alamy / Afripics
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