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Plymouth Blockhouse, Millbay and Firestone Bay wall

Has been described as a Possible Artillery Fort, and also as a Possible Linear Defence or Dyke

There are no visible remains

Name	Plymouth Blockhouse, Millbay and Firestone Bay wall
Alternative Names	Hoe Blockhouse
Historic Country	Devonshire
Modern Authority	Plymouth; City of
1974 Authority	Devon
Civil Parish	Plymouth

Site of an artilllery blockhouse probably built in the late 15th or early 16th centuries. It is depicted as a single-storeyed crenellated structure on the panorama of 1540 and may also appear on 18th century maps. Any remains were demolished when the present Millbay Docks were built at the end of the 1850s. The former 19th century dock police station may stand on the site. (PastScape)

Gatehouse Comments

The map of Henry VIII shows blockhouse here with a wall from Millbay to Fisher Nose Tower which may have had some small artillery pieces along its length. This will have been lost under the later Civil War and later defences and developments.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)

1396166

County Historic Environment Record

www.plymouth.gov.uk/homepage/creativityandculture/heritageandhistory/historicenvironment.htm

OS Map Grid Reference	SX471536
Latitude	50.3630104064941
Longitude	-4.15042018890381
Eastings	247150
Northings	53670