Plymouth Blockhouse, Devils Point
Has been described as a Certain Artillery Fort
There are major building remains
| Name | Plymouth Blockhouse, Devils Point |
| Alternative Names | Passage Point; Western Kings Point |
| Historic Country | Devonshire |
| Modern Authority | Plymouth; City of |
| 1974 Authority | Devon |
| Civil Parish | Plymouth |
The remains of Devils Point Artillery Tower, a blockhouse probably built between 1537-9 as part of Henry VIII's coastal defences. It was built by the Edgcumbe family to protect their harbour and with its commanding views of the entrance to the river Tamar it became part of a series of coastal defences to defend the strategic town of Plymouth. It was used intermittently from its establishment and may have had a machine gun post positioned there in 1902 to protect the harbour boom.
The single-storey octagonal tower is built of rubble with granite dressings and had a vaulted roof which was originally surrounded by a parapet. It had a number of gun-ports on the seaward sides and an entrance on the landward. (PastScape)
Blockhouse. Probably 1509-1539. Rubble with granite dressings. Irregular (stretched) octagonal plan with doorway to landward side and gunports to seaward side (the longer sides). Chamfered granite doorway spanned by shallow 2-centred arch; pair of square gunports with rebates for shutters. INTERIOR: not inspected. Part of a series of coastal defences at Plymouth probably built in the reign of Henry VIII. (Listed Building Report)
This site is a scheduled monument protected by law
This is a Grade 2 listed building protected by law
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| OS Map Grid Reference | SX459533 |
| Latitude | 50.3597984313965 |
| Longitude | -4.16719007492065 |
| Eastings | 245960 |
| Northings | 53330 |
