Memorials & monuments · South West England
Fort Stamford
In or near Plymouth.
Fort Stamford — Fort in Plymouth, Devon, England.
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About
Fort Stamford is a memorial in south west. Established 1861. (Fort in Plymouth, Devon, England.) According to Wikipedia: "Stamford Fort is a 19th-century fort, built as a result of the Royal Commission on National Defence of 1859. Part of an extensive scheme known as Palmerston Forts, after the prime minister who championed the scheme, it was built to defend the landward approaches to the east of Plymouth, as an element of the plan for the defence of the Royal Naval Dockyard at Devonport. It is 165 feet above sea level, between Jennycliffe Bay and Hooe Lake."
- Coordinates
- 50.3546, -4.1194
- Established
- 1861
Sources
- osm: n4945217522 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Stamford Fort (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Entrance Archway, Fort Stamford, Plymouth.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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