{{Use dmy dates, date=April 2022 Several of the forts surrounding

Plymouth Plymouth ( ) is a port city status in the United Kingdom, city and unitary authority in Devon, South West England. It is located on Devon's south coast between the rivers River Plym, Plym and River Tamar, Tamar, about southwest of Exeter and ...

were built as a result of a decision in Lord Palmerston's premiership to deter the French from attacking naval bases in the south of the country. The

Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom The Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom was a committee formed in 1859 to enquire into the ability of the United Kingdom to defend itself against an attempted invasion by a foreign power, and to advise the British Government on ...

reported in 1860 and resulted in a huge building programme. Examples of the forts are: * Agaton Fort * Fort Austin *

Fort Bovisand Fort Bovisand is a fort in Devon, England near the beach of Bovisand. It was built as a result of the Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom which reported in 1860. It is located on the mainland to defend the entrance of Plymout ...

* Bowden Fort * Brownhill Battery * Cawsand Fort *

Crownhill Fort {{coord, 50, 24, 49, N, 4, 07, 48, W, region:GB_type:landmark, display=title Crownhill Fort is a Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom, Royal Commission Fort built in the 1860s in Crownhill as part of Lord Palmerston's ring of la ...

* Drake's Island Battery * Egg Buckland Keep * Ernesettle Fort * Fort Efford * Forder Battery * Hawkins Battery * Knowles Battery * Laira Battery * Mount Edgcumbe Garden Battery * Penlee Battery * Picklecombe Fort * weston mill fort * Plymouth Breakwater Fort * Polhawn Battery * Raleigh Battery * Fort Scraesdon *

Staddon Fort Staddon Fort is a 19th-century fort, built as a result of the Royal Commission on National Defence of 1859. Part of an extensive scheme known as Palmerston Forts, after the prime minister who championed the scheme, it was built to defend the land ...

* Stamford Fort *

Fort Tregantle Tregantle Fort in south east Cornwall is one of several 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. History The fort ...

* Watch House Battery * Whitesand Bay Battery *

Woodlands Fort Woodland (or Woodlands) Fort is a Royal Commission Fort built in the 1860s as part of Lord Palmerston's ring of land defences for Plymouth, England. Currently owned by Plymouth City Council, the site is in use but largely derelict. History of t ...

References

* Woodward, F. W. (1998) ''Forts or Follies''. Devon Books, 1998; Barbarossa Books * Plymouth City websit

Forts of Plymouth, Devon, Forts in Cornwall Forts in Devon

Forts A fortification (also called a fort, fortress, fastness, or stronghold) is a military construction designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from ...