Fort Tregantle in South East Cornwall is one of several of the forts surrounding Plymouth that were built as a result of a decision in Lord Palmerston's premiership to deter the French from attacking naval bases on the Channel coast. For other uses, see Cornwall (disambiguation). ... Several of the forts surrounding Plymouth were built as a result of a decision in Lord Palmerstons premiership to deter the French from attacking naval bases in the south of the country. ... Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (October 20, 1784 - October 18, 1865) was a British Prime Minister and Liberal politician. ...
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Coordinates: 50.357071° N 4.270042° W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...
Tregantle is just the first of a considerable number of old forts, batteries and other coastal defences that surround Plymouth, and there are also many naval bases in the area.
On the eastern end of the Hoe is the Citadel, an imposing military fort built by Charles II in the aftermath of the civil war.
There are several other forts in and around Plymouth, commissioned and built by various monarchs and governments through the ages – not one of them has ever fired a gun in anger and those built in the Victoian era by Palmerston as a defence against the French are now collectively known as Palmerston’s Follies.
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