The Mast at Mount Wise

This 40 metre mast was erected in 1998 to commemorate the Naval Semaphore Station

 that stood on this high point from which semaphore signals from the Admiralty 

could be passed on to the fleet, anchored in the River Tamar below.

It was operated from 1806 till 1852 when it was replaced by the telegraph 

which remained in operation into the 1930s.

In World War Two its commanding position made it strategic in the defence of the Dockyards and Naval Base when Barrage Balloons were deployed from it to prevent low level attacks by the German aircraft.