These large plaques are found at certain points along the South West Coastal Path.
The plaques commemorate the issue of a rare medal which protected the bearer from being
sent to serve at sea by Royal Navy press gangs
.
Only a small number of the solid silver medals were made and they were
given to men working on the new lighthouse as a sign that they were
doing important and skilled work and were to be left alone by the press
gangs.
At the time Britain was fighting the French in North America.
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