Plymouth Blockhouse, Devils Point

In the civil parish of Plymouth.
In the historic county of Devon (Modern Authority of Plymouth; City of, 1974 county of Devon).

Blockhouse. Probably 1509-1539. Rubble with granite dressings. Irregular (stretched) octagonal plan with doorway to landward side and gunports to seaward side (the longer sides). Chamfered granite doorway spanned by shallow 2-centred arch; pair of square gunports with rebates for shutters. Part of a series of coastal defences at Plymouth probably built in the reign of Henry VIII.

This site has been described as a;
Artillery Fort.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Major remains.

This site is a Grade 2 listed building protected by law*. (Images of England number 473162)

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SX45965333

Modern Map from

Good for landscape form and features

Modern Map from

Good for general location

Air Photo from

1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 437592

Books

Duffy, Michael, 1999, 'Coastal Defences and Garrisons 1480-1914' in Kain, R. and Ravenhill, W., Historical Atlas of South-West England (University of Exeter Press) p158-60
Salter, Mike, 1999, The Castles of Devon and Cornwall (Malvern) p76
Saunders, Andrew, 1997, Channel Defences (London; Batsford/English Heritage)
Pye, Andrew and Woodward, Freddy, 1996, The historic defences of Plymouth (Exeter: Exeter Archaeology Fortress Study Group South West) p113-4
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p118
Bracken, 1931, History of Plymouth (Plymouth) p68

Journal Articles

1977, Fort Vol4 p84

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*The listed building may not be the actual medieval building, but a building on the site of, or incorporating fragments of, the described site.

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