NPRN300829
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Cyfeirnod GridSH7666083380
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DisgrifiadPart of the Liverpool and Holyhead Telegraph (nprn 300822).
Original building of timber, built for the Admiralty in 1800/2; taken over by the telegraph in 1827 and rebuilt in 1841. The station closed in c.1863.
The Telegraph Hotel (Nprn: 412156) was built on the site of the Telegraph Station in c.1910. The hotel was taken over by the RAF in 1939 and used as a Radar Station.
Source: Faster than the Wind: The Liverpool to Holyhead Telegraph; Frank Large; Avid Publications; 1998.
B.A.Malaws, RCAHMW, 14 September 2000.
The telegraph tower is depicted on an historic chart clear to the summit of the Great Orme (676ft) and a track leading to a second tower or lighthouse (see NPRN 518947).
Sources include:
Historic Admiralty Chart 1170-A4, RCAHMW Digital Collections sourced from UK Hydrographic Office (published 1839)
Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, October 2011.