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Latitude: 50.3581 / 50°21'29"N
Longitude: -4.1715 / 4°10'17"W
OS Eastings: 245634
OS Northings: 53167
OS Grid: SX456531
Mapcode National: GBR NV.VVQ5
Mapcode Global: FRA 2843.4P7
Plus Code: 9C2Q9R5H+7C
Entry Name: Garden Battery
Listing Date: 26 January 1987
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1329141
English Heritage Legacy ID: 61865
ID on this website: 101329141
Location: Mount Edgcumbe Country Park, Cremyll, Cornwall, PL10
County: Cornwall
Civil Parish: Maker-with-Rame
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cornwall
Church of England Parish: Maker
Church of England Diocese: Truro
Tagged with: Architectural structure Artillery battery
SX 45 SE MAKER-WITH-RAME MOUNT EDGCUMBE COUNTRY PARK
7/208 Garden Battery
GV II
Artillery battery of 7 guns, for coastal defence, later adapted as a saluting
platform and as a garden feature. 1863. Granite. Crescent shaped structure of
coursed rockface granite with plinth, cornice and terminal piers. 7 gun ports with
voussoir heads now blocked. Saluting terrace above with balustrade with French
Republican cannon. 5 steps behind leading down to garden. Small square structure
of unknown purpose at south end of terrace. This has a dome supported on 4 piers.
A part of the defences of Plymouth as improved by Lord Palmerston in the mid C19.
Building cost £7,804.
Listing NGR: SX4563453167
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