Fort Picklecombe stands on the extreme south eastern coast of Cornwall, a couple of miles west of the city of Plymouth. The fort has been a residential...
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started on the main part of the fort in 1861. Originally intended to have two stories of casemates like Fort Picklecombe, the design was altered during...
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Maker, Cornwall (section Fort Picklecombe)
anti-aircraft battery for six guns, installed to protect Plymouth. Fort Picklecombe, near Maker, was commissioned by Lord Palmerston as one of a series...
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Batten, Wembury Plymouth City Council PL10 TORPOINT Cawsand, Cremyll, Fort Picklecombe, Freathy, Kingsand, Millbrook Cornwall Council PL11 TORPOINT Torpoint...
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Ernesettle Fort Fort Efford Forder Battery Hawkins Battery Knowles Battery Laira Battery Mount Edgcumbe Garden Battery Penlee Battery Picklecombe Fort weston...
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Sandways lies a short walk out of the village, across the rocks towards Fort Picklecombe. The water quality has improved over recent years thanks to extensive...
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strength was reduced to one NCO and two men and the ammunition removed to Fort Picklecombe for storage. The guns were removed in July 1945. Much of the 1870 barbette...
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Fortifications of Plymouth (category Forts of Plymouth, Devon)
clear distinction between the two appellations. Fort Bovisand Breakwater Fort Picklecombe Fort Cawsand Fort Drake's Island Battery Garden Battery, Mount...
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defended by Drake's Island, Picklecombe Fort, Cawsand Fort, the Breakwater Fort, Fort Bovisand, Staddon Fort and Stamford Fort. A harbour and reservoir were...
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Crownhill Fort Ernesettle Fort Fort Bovisand Picklecombe Fort Polhawn Fort Fort Scraesdon Fort Tregantle Whitesand Bay Battery Woodlands Fort Isle of Portland...
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Point Overcombe Over Compton Parracombe Pencombe Peppercombe Castle Picklecombe Fort Pincombe Down Pitcombe Pitcombe Down Postcombe Prescombe Down Prior's...
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new fort took the form of a semi-circular structure, one of only two built in the 1860s fortification programme (the other being Picklecombe Fort in Cornwall)...
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Victorian fort armed with three guns in both world wars. A granite sculpture by Greg Powlesland, (1995), is in the nearby nature reserve. Picklecombe Fort Seat...
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Battery – 2 × 9.2-inch Mk VI Penlee Point Battery – 3 × 9.2-inch Mk X Picklecombe Fort – 2 × 6-inch Mk VII Piers Cellars Battery – 2 × 12-pounder Quick-Firers...
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Rame Church Battery (category Forts of Plymouth, Devon)
detachment of the 7th Company Western Division, Royal Artillery from Picklecombe Fort. The battery's four gun emplacements were built in pairs, with the...
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Raleigh Battery (category Forts of Plymouth, Devon)
positioned to prevent ships lying at anchor off Cawsand Bay and to support Picklecombe Fort guarding the approaches to Plymouth Sound. It mounted two 10-inch Breech...
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connection with the defence of the United Kingdom. he was the designer of Picklecombe Fort, as part of the defences of Devonport Dockyard. He served on the jury...
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