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HER Number:6235.20
Name:FORT PICKLECOMBE - Post Medieval battery

Summary

The second phase at Fort Picklecombe was proposed in 1846.

Grid Reference:SX 4551 5160
Parish:Maker with Rame, Caradon, Cornwall
Map:Show location on Streetmap

Protected Status: None recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Defence of Britain Project (1995-2003)
  • Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 6235.20

Monument Type(s):

  • BATTERY (19th Century - 1801 AD to 1900 AD)

Full description

The second phase at Fort Picklecombe was proposed in 1846 with mountings for three 56-pounders and six 32-pounders on traversing platforms with a shot furnace. The work was to include two towers and be surrounded by a ditch, with an entrance over a drawbridge, and the guns firing through embrasures (b1). In 1851 the armament and barracks were completed and the magazine filled, but by 1853 the embrasures were in poor condition as a result of practice fire (b2,b3). The battery was demolished when the present casemated battery (6235.3) was built, but the barracks to the rear remain (b6).


Gleeson, J, 1990, Application by S.C. Jessup for Alteration and Extension of Officers Mess to Provide 15 Self Contained Flats, Fort Picklecombe, Maker Road, Torpoint, Cornwall (Cornwall Event Report). SCO25586.

Gilmore Hankey Kirke Ltd, 1990, The Officer's Mess, Fort Picklecombe - The History, Style and Sensitivity of the Building & Summary of Repairs and Outline Schedule (Cornwall Event Report). SCO25582.

<1> UNKNOWN, 1846, UNTITLED DOCUMENT, WO 44/522 (Unedited Source). SCO5994.

<2> UNKNOWN, 1851, UNTITLED DOCUMENT, WO 55/807 (Unedited Source). SCO6068.

<3> UNKNOWN, 1853, UNTITLED DOCUMENT, WO 44/523 (Unedited Source). SCO6090.

<4> SAUNDERS, A, 19--, PLYMOUTH DEFENCES (MS), NO 46 (Unedited Source). SCO6757.

<5> HOGG, I, 19--, PLYMOUTH DEFENCES (MS) (Unedited Source). SCO6696.

<6> FSG (SWR), 1992, Plymouth Defences Assessment (Bibliographic reference). SCO3343.

<7> Pye, A & Woodward, F, 1996, The Historic Defences of Plymouth, 43 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4201.

Sources / Further Reading

---SCO25582 - Cornwall Event Report: Gilmore Hankey Kirke Ltd. 1990. The Officer's Mess, Fort Picklecombe - The History, Style and Sensitivity of the Building & Summary of Repairs and Outline Schedule.
---SCO25586 - Cornwall Event Report: Gleeson, J. 1990. Application by S.C. Jessup for Alteration and Extension of Officers Mess to Provide 15 Self Contained Flats, Fort Picklecombe, Maker Road, Torpoint, Cornwall.
[1]SCO5994 - Unedited Source: UNKNOWN. 1846. UNTITLED DOCUMENT. AT PRO. WO 44/522.
[2]SCO6068 - Unedited Source: UNKNOWN. 1851. UNTITLED DOCUMENT. AT PRO. WO 55/807.
[3]SCO6090 - Unedited Source: UNKNOWN. 1853. UNTITLED DOCUMENT. AT PRO. WO 44/523.
[4]SCO6757 - Unedited Source: SAUNDERS, A. 19--. PLYMOUTH DEFENCES (MS). NO 46.
[5]SCO6696 - Unedited Source: HOGG, I. 19--. PLYMOUTH DEFENCES (MS).
[6]SCO3343 - Bibliographic reference: FSG (SWR). 1992. Plymouth Defences Assessment.
[7]SCO4201 - Bibliographic reference: Pye, A & Woodward, F. 1996. The Historic Defences of Plymouth. 43.

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • ECO3864 - Fort Picklecombe
  • ECO3868 - Alteration and Extension of Officers Mess at Fort Picklecombe, Cornwall

Related records

6235Part of: FORT PICKLECOMBE - Post Medieval fort (Monument)

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