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Watchtower, Whitehaven Harbour, Old Quay, Cumbria, NX97031843 -- Plaque:-
"WATCHTOWER AND OLD QUAY / ERECTED ABOUT 1730, THE WATCHTOWER / WAS USED FOR GENERAL SURVEILLANCE / OF SAILING VESSELS IN THE HARBOUR / THE OLD QUAY WAS THE PORT'S FIRST / PIER, OF LATE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY / FOUNDATION, WITH HISTORIC ASSOCIATIONS / INCLUDING THE JOHN PAUL JONES RAID / IN 1778 - THE LAST INVASION OF ENGLAND / WHITEHAVEN CIVIC SOCIETY 1971" (photo 24.11.2011)