Fort Picklecombe

Has been described as a Possible Artillery Fort

There are no visible remains

NameFort Picklecombe
Alternative Namesthe new bulwarke at Picklecombe Point
Historic CountryCornwall
Modern AuthorityCornwall
1974 AuthorityCornwall
Civil ParishMaker With Rame

Picklecombe New Bulwark was constructed by Sir Richard Grenville to defend the west entrance to Plymouth Sound. It was first constructed in 1545 and is marked on a map of 1586 where it is described as "the new bulwarke at Picklecombe Point" with "three pair of ordnance now placed to defend the landings in Cawsand Bay". New Bulwark is now demolished and was replaced by a battery in 1851 (Cornwall & Scilly HER)

Gatehouse Comments

The Elizabethan works lost under 1840's earthwork battery and adjacent 1860's Palmerston fort.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

This is a Grade 2 listed building protected by law

Historic England Scheduled Monument Number
Historic England Listed Building number(s)
Images Of England
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSX455513
Latitude50.3434104919434
Longitude-4.17207002639771
Eastings245540
Northings53530
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Books

  • Pye, Andrew and Woodward, Freddy, 1996, The historic defences of Plymouth (Exeter: Exeter Archaeology Fortress Study Group South West) p. 43
  • Polsue, J., 1870, A complete parochial history of the county of Cornwall (William Lake, Truro & John Camden Hotten, London) Vol. 3 p. 257 online copy
  • 1860, A report on the Defences of the United Kingdom (HMSO) Vol. 33 p. 33, 94

Journals

  • Sheppard, P.A., 1974, 'Parochial Check-Lists of Antiquities' Cornish Archaeology Hendhyscans Kernow Vol. 13 p. 69 online copy
  • Quiller-Couch, A.T. (ed), 1899, The Cornish Magazine Vol. 2 p. 38

Other

  • Saunders, A., 19??, Plymouth Defences MS
  • Hogg, I., 19??, Plymouth Defences MS
  • 1586, Manuscript map at Plymouth City Library