Staddon Fort
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title:
Staddon Fort
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Staddon Fort is a 19th-century fort, built as a result of the Royal Commission on National Defence of 1859. Part of an extensive scheme known as Palmerston Forts, after the prime minister who championed the scheme, it was built to defend the landward approaches to the east of Plymouth, as an element of the plan for the defence of the Royal Naval Dockyard at Devonport. Designed by Captain Edmund Frederick Du Cane, it was built by George Roach and Company. The fort was connected by a military road
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staddon_Fort
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2023-01-20T12:17:23Z
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