PLYMOUTH EASTERN DEFENCES
Photo Steve Johnson
Opposite the city stands Mount Batten Tower. To the south, on the high ground, are Staddon and Stamford Forts, supported by Staddon Point, Staddon Heights, Bovisand, Lentney, Renney, Lord Howards, Watch House, Frobisher and Brownhill batteries. These formed the eastern Plymouth Defences.
| Staddon Heights Batteries | 1782 | Abandoned in 1847 |
| Staddon Point Battery & Bovisand Battery | 1847 | Built close to the water, it was strengthened in 1869 by the construction of Bovisand Battery with its armoured granite casemates and 21 guns beneath it on the shore. By the 1890s it had four Quick Firing guns as armament. Still in use in World War 2. Has been used as a diving school, but this has closed down again (2003). |
| Watch House Battery | c1870 | Equipped with one 12.5" RML, with two 6" Breech Loading guns added in 1895. Still in use in World War 2. |
| Frobisher Battery | c1870 | Armed with one 12.5" RML in the 1890's. |
| Brownhill Battery | c1870 | |
| Staddon Fort | 1862-69 | 9 sided, surrounded by a deep dry ditch, and equipped with 21 guns. This was the central defence of Staddon Heights and was connected to the other gun batteries by roads or dry ditches. Part of the fort is still used by the Navy. |
| Lord Howards Battery | c1900 | Armed with two 6" Breech Loading guns. |
| Stamford Fort | 1869 | A five sided fort, now a Scheduled Ancient Monument. Private. |
| Lentney Battery | c1900 | Armed with two 6" Breech Loading guns until 1910. Still in use in World War 2. Well preserved easy to view. |
| Renney Battery | c1900 | Equipped with three 9.2" Breech Loading guns. Still in use in World War 2. |
| Directions |
| Along the east coast of The Sound |