The unfinished second-harbour scheme beside Little Fistral and Towan Head.
At Little Fistral, on the western side of Towan Head, Treffry began a second harbour in 1848. A proposed canal through the headland’s neck would have made its tip an island.
The intended refuge offered access at all states of the tide. Work stopped after Treffry died in 1850. The surviving map evidence records unfinished works, not a completed port.
A harbour of refuge was somewhere ships could seek safety. That does not mean every vessel sheltering there would become a regular trading customer.
Sources
https://newquayplan.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/csus_newquay_report.pdf https://newquaymuseum.org/museum-archive-collections/discover-newquay/newquay-harbour-of-refuge/
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