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Knowles Battery, the Glossary

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Knowles Battery is a former 19th-century fort, built as a result of the Royal Commission on National Defence of 1859.[1]

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  1. 6 relations: Edmund Frederick Du Cane, Fortification, HMNB Devonport, Palmerston Forts, Plymouth, Woodland Fort.

  2. Scheduled monuments in Devon

Edmund Frederick Du Cane

Sir Edmund Frederick Du Cane (23 March 1830 – 7 June 1903) was an English major-general of the Royal Engineers and prison administrator.

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Fortification

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.

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HMNB Devonport

His Majesty's Naval Base, Devonport (HMNB Devonport) is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy (the others being HMNB Clyde and HMNB Portsmouth) and is the sole nuclear repair and refuelling facility for the Royal Navy.

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Palmerston Forts

The Palmerston Forts are a group of forts and associated structures around the coasts of the United Kingdom and Ireland.

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Plymouth

Plymouth is a port city and unitary authority in Devon, South West England.

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Woodland 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. Knowles Battery and Woodland Fort are Palmerston Forts.

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See also

Scheduled monuments in Devon

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowles_Battery