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Brownhill Battery

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The battery was designed with a five-sided earthwork rampart containing a number of gun emplacements, with a ditch spanning the front. The west side of the battery is protected by a
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and other defensive works at Staddon Heights. The battery was completed by 1868, but was left unarmed.
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were assigned to the battery, but stored at Staddon Fort. By 1885, the battery was armed with six
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in 1859. Construction began in 1861, at the same time as
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Artillery battery fortifications in the United Kingdom
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Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom
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Index

Plymouth
Devon
England
Brownhill Battery is located in Devon
50°20′25″N 4°07′02″W / 50.3402°N 4.1171°W / 50.3402; -4.1171
gun battery
Plymouth
Devon
Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom
Staddon Fort
gorge wall
RML 64-pounder 64 cwt guns
RML 8-inch howitzers
World War I
scheduled monument


Historic England
"Brownhill Battery (437638)"



Historic England
"Staddon Heights Defences (1002585)"
National Heritage List for England
"Brownhill Battery"
ISBN
978-1898166467
Categories
Forts of Plymouth, Devon

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