Forts of Plymouth

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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

[edit] References

Forts or Follies by F W Woodward, Devon Books 1998 and Barbarossa Books still in print.

See also Plymouth City website [1]