Crownhill Fort
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Crownhill Fort is a Royal Commission Fort built in the 1860s in Crownhill as part of Lord Palmerston's ring of land defences for Plymouth. Restored by the Landmark Trust, it is now home to several small businesses, museums, exhibitions and a holiday apartment sleeping up to eight people. The Fort is open to the public on the last Friday of each month and hosts tours for local schools and societies at other times.
Website,
Wikimedia, Wikidata
United Kingdom, 
- Grade I listed building page@
- National Heritage List for England page@
- Grade II* listed building page@
- Grade II listed park and garden page@
- Grade II listed building page@
- CastlesFortsBattles page@
- Victorian Forts and Artillery page@
- Subterranea Britannica page@
Location: 50.414, -4.1304, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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Crownhill Fort ⓘ
Royal Commission Fort built in the 1860s in England
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Plymouth Borough Control ⓘ
civil defence centre in Devon, UK -
Plymouth Emergency Centre ⓘ
civil defence centre in Devon, UK -
Bakers Pit ⓘ
cave system in Devon, England -
Joint Mitnor Cave ⓘ
cave in Devon, England -
Kitley Show Cave ⓘ
cave in Devon, England -
Pridhamsleigh Cavern ⓘ
cave in Devon, England -
Radford Cave ⓘ
Cave in Devon, England -
Reed's cave ⓘ
cave in England -
Worth's Cattedown Bone Cave 150m north of Cattedown Wharves ⓘ
cave in Cattedown, Plymouth, Devon, England, UK -
Birch Tor and Vitifer mine ⓘ
tin mine on Dartmoor, England -
Devon Great Consols ⓘ
mine in Devon, England -
Early 20th century arsenic works at the Devon Great Consols Mine ⓘ
mine in Gulworthy, United Kingdom -
Engine House And Chimney At Druid Copper Mine ⓘ
copper mine in Ashburton, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK -
Eylesbarrow mine ⓘ
tin mine on Dartmoor, Devon, England, UK -
Foxhole Mine and other tinworks south east of Arms Tor ⓘ
mine in Lydford, United Kingdom -
Gawton arsenic mine and flue ⓘ
mine in Gulworthy, United Kingdom -
George and Charlotte Copper Mine ⓘ
copper mine in Gulworthy, Devon, England, UK -
Gunnislake Clitters copper, tin, arsenic and wolfram mine ⓘ
mine in Calstock, United Kingdom -
Monkstone Mine ⓘ
manganese mine in Monkstone, Devon, England -
Okeltor 19th century arsenic, copper and tin mine ⓘ
mine in Calstock, United Kingdom -
Polyne Quarry ⓘ
quarry in the UK -
South Caradon 19th century copper mine ⓘ
copper mine in St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK -
Wheal Katherine, 235m west of Plym Ford, forming an outlying part of Eylesbarrow Tin Mine ⓘ
archaeological site in Dartmoor Forest, West Devon, England, UK -
Phoenix United Mine ⓘ
tin and copper mine in Cornwall, UK -
Morwellham Quay ⓘ
historic river port in Devon, England -
Devonport Tunnel ⓘ
railway tunnel in the UK -
Old Devonport Tunnel ⓘ
railway tunnel in the UK -
Saltash Tunnel ⓘ
tunnel -
Shaugh Tunnel ⓘ
railway tunnel in the UK -
Shillamill Tunnel ⓘ
railway tunnel in the UK
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Field Gun & Limber @ Devonport Field Gun Association Heritage Centre Museum, Crownhill Fort, PlymouthField Gun & Limber @ Devonport Field Gun Association Heritage Centre Museum, Crownhill Fort, Plymouth
Trig Pillar, Crownhill Fort 1997Trig Pillar, Crownhill Fort 1997
Entrance to Crownhill FortEntrance to Crownhill Fort
Crownhill Fort double caponier
Crownhill Fort main entrance
Crownhill Fort ditchCrownhill Fort double caponier| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| link | page | Grade I listed building page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | National Heritage List for England page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | Grade II* listed building page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | Grade II listed park and garden page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | Grade II listed building page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | CastlesFortsBattles page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | Victorian Forts and Artillery page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | Subterranea Britannica page@ | Wikidata | ||
| site | bunker | Crownhill Fort | military museum, fort, bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Plymouth Borough Control | Plymouth City Council, civil defense center | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Plymouth Emergency Centre | civil defense center, Devon County Council | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Bakers Pit | cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Joint Mitnor Cave | cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Kitley Show Cave | show cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Pridhamsleigh Cavern | cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Radford Cave | cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Reed's cave | cave | Wikidata | |
| site | cave | Worth's Cattedown Bone Cave 150m north of Cattedown Wharves | cave | Wikidata | |
| site | mine | Birch Tor and Vitifer mine | tin mine | Wikidata | |
| site | mine | Devon Great Consols | copper mine | Wikidata | |
| site | mine | Early 20th century arsenic works at the Devon Great Consols Mine | arsenic mine | Wikidata | |
| site | mine | Engine House And Chimney At Druid Copper Mine | copper mine | Wikidata | |
| site | mine | Eylesbarrow mine | tin mine, archaeological site | Wikidata | |
| site | mine | Foxhole Mine and other tinworks south east of Arms Tor | tin mine | Wikidata | |
| site | mine | Gawton arsenic mine and flue | ore mine | Wikidata | |
| site | mine | George and Charlotte Copper Mine | copper mine | Wikidata | |
| site | mine | Gunnislake Clitters copper, tin, arsenic and wolfram mine | copper mine, tin mine | Wikidata | |
| site | mine | Monkstone Mine | manganese mine | Wikidata | |
| site | mine | Okeltor 19th century arsenic, copper and tin mine | tin mine, copper mine | Wikidata | |
| site | mine | Polyne Quarry | quarry | Wikidata | |
| site | mine | South Caradon 19th century copper mine | copper mine | Wikidata | |
| site | mine | Wheal Katherine, 235m west of Plym Ford, forming an outlying part of Eylesbarrow Tin Mine | archaeological site, tin mine | Wikidata | |
| site | mine | 1836 | Phoenix United Mine | copper mine, tin mine | Wikidata |
| site | museum | Morwellham Quay | independent museum, mining museum, open-air museum | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | Devonport Tunnel | railway tunnel | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | Old Devonport Tunnel | railway tunnel | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | Saltash Tunnel | National Highways, road tunnel | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | Shaugh Tunnel | railway tunnel | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | Shillamill Tunnel | railway tunnel | Wikidata | |
| commons | image | Field Gun & Limber @ Devonport Field Gun Association Heritage Centre Museum, Crownhill Fort, Plymouth | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Field Gun & Limber @ Devonport Field Gun Association Heritage Centre Museum, Crownhill Fort, Plymouth | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Trig Pillar, Crownhill Fort 1997 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Trig Pillar, Crownhill Fort 1997 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Entrance to Crownhill Fort | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Entrance to Crownhill Fort | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Crownhill Fort double caponier | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Crownhill Fort main entrance | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Crownhill Fort ditch | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Crownhill Fort double caponier | Commons | ||
