List of forts in Plymouth
- List of forts in Plymouth
Several of the forts surrounding Plymouth were built as a result of a decision in Lord Palmerston's premiership to deter the French from attacking naval bases in the south of the country. Examples of the forts are:
* Agaton Fort
* Bowden Fort
* Crownhill Fort
* Egg Buckland Keep
* Ernesettle Fort
* Fort Austin
* Fort Bovisand
* Fort Efford
* Mount Edgcumbe Garden Battery
* Picklecombe Fort
* Polhawn Fort
* Fort Scraesdon
* Staddon Fort
* Fort Tregantle
* Whitesand Bay Battery
* Woodlands Fort
References
Forts or Follies by F W Woodward, Devon Books 1998 and Barbarossa Books still in print.
See also Plymouth City website [http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/palmerstonforts]
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