Penlee Battery
| Penlee Battery | |
|---|---|
|
Rame Head Cornwall England | |
  Penlee Battery | |
| Coordinates | Coordinates: 50°19′13″N 4°11′35″W / 50.32028°N 4.19306°W |
| Site information | |
| Open to the public | Yes |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1889-92 |
| In use | 1892-1956 |
| Materials |
Concrete Earth |
| Demolished | Mostly filled in |
Penlee Battery today as a Nature Reserve.
Penlee Battery is a nature reserve lying on the coastal headland of Penlee Point on the Rame Peninsula, in southeast Cornwall, England.
The site was formerly a fort, constructed between 1889 and 1892. It contained the largest gun of the Plymouth defences, a 13.5 inch BL, and was in active service through both World Wars.[1]
After the dissolution of coast artillery in the United Kingdom in 1956 the battery was disarmed and disposed of by the War Office. Many parts of the battery were demolished and gun positions filled in. Some gun emplacements still remain.
It is famous among dragonfly enthusiasts as the site where Britain's first Green Darner dragonfly was found, in 1998.[2][3]
References
- ↑ http://www.ecastles.co.uk/plymouthsc.html
- ↑ Pellow, Keith (1999a) An influx of Green Darner Anax junius (Drury) into Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly - The First European Records Atropos No. 6 pp. 3-7
- ↑ Pellow, Keith (1999b) Common Green Darner Anax junius (Drury) in Cornwall and Isles of Scilly - The first British and European Records Journal of the British Dragonfly Society Vol. 15 No. 1 pp. 21-22
External links
- 9.2-inch guns firing at Penlee Battery in 1935
- The reserve's page at the Cornwall Wildlife Trust website
- Victorian Forts data sheet
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