Forts · South West England
Efford Fort
In or near Plymouth.
Efford Fort is a fort in the United Kingdom.
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About
Efford Fort is a fort in south west. Established 1863. According to Wikipedia: "Fort Efford is a former 19th-century Fort, built as a result of the Royal Commission on National Defence of 1859. It was built to defend the landward approaches to the North East of Plymouth. This was part of an overall scheme for the defence of the Royal Naval Dockyard at Devonport, Plymouth. They were known as Palmerston Forts after the Prime Minister who championed the scheme."
- Coordinates
- 50.3905, -4.0924
- Established
- 1863
Sources
- osm: w503949658 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Fort Efford (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Efford Emplacement - geograph.org.uk - 1524083.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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