Mount Pleasant Redoubt
Mount Pleasant Redoubt is a former fortification near Plymouth in Devon in Great Britain . The fortification was built in 1780 as a redoubt on a 70 m high hill east of the Hamaoze to protect the Naval Base Devonport .
The square redoubt was originally built as an earthwork to repel an attack from the land from the Rame peninsula opposite Devonport . The square complex was 42 m long and wide, and was accessed from the south side via a drawbridge . The earth walls were reinforced with brick walls and surrounded by a moat. The cannons were oriented to the north and east, at the time of their construction the hill was equipped with 8 3-pounders, 8 12-pounders and 13 18-pounders. In the center of the system was a two-story log house , from which a tunnel led to the powder magazine in the southwest corner of the fortification.
Already at the beginning of the 19th century, redoubts were considered obsolete from a military point of view. In 1855 the log cabin burned down, and with the expansion of the Plymouth fort belt from 1860 onwards, the system had become superfluous. An anti-aircraft gun was installed on the hill as early as the First World War , and during the Second World War the former fortification served as an anti-aircraft position and the location of a blocking balloon .
Today the restored facility is located in the middle of Blockhouse Park , a small park in the Stoke district . The facility, which is protected as a Scheduled Monument , is freely accessible, and the former redoubt offers a wide view of Plymouth and the Hamaoze.
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Individual evidence
- ^ Plymouth City Council: Blockhouse Park. Retrieved March 26, 2013 .
Coordinates: 50 ° 22 ′ 53 " N , 4 ° 10 ′ 7" W.