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Crownhill Fort: Plymouth

 

Crownhll Fort was constructed between 1862 and 1869 to command the northern approaches to Plymouth Dockyard. It was the key to the northeastern defences and in 1893 held 18 guns on its main ramparts with a further fourteen in its caponiers.

 

 

Portsdown Artillery Volunteers at Crownhill Fort: Plymouth

 

 

PAV at Crownhill Fort

 

The Portsdown Artillery Volunteers at Crownhill Fort Plymouth firing the 32pr on traversing platform.

 

 

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Portsdown Artillery Volunteers at Crownhill Fort, Plymouth, drilling on the 32pr mounted on a traversing platform.
Portsdown Artillery Volunteers at Crownhill Fort, Plymouth, firing a 32pr S.B.B.L. gun in the north caponier.

 

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For more information on Crownhill Fort visit the Crownhill page

 

 

A Victorian barrack room at Crownhill Fort, Plymouth, reconstructed with equipment researched and supplied by the Palmerston Forts Society.