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Fort Watchouse & Environs Survey Image Library



Fort Watchouse & Environs Survey Image Library
 Location: City of Bristol


Endymio non-scriptus (L) Gaarcke the blue bell common amongst the gorse on the cliffs and gorse areas of WatchHouse battery Plymouth
Endymio non-scriptus (L) Gaarcke the blue...


 The Ivy Hedera helix L is common ground cover and covering the walls and vegetation around Watch House Battery Plymouth
The Ivy Hedera helix L is...


 Ground Ivy Glechoma hederacea L is common in the open areas of Watch House Battery Plymouth.
Ground Ivy Glechoma hederacea L is...
Common mallow Malva sylvestris L present at Watch House Battery Plymouth.
Common mallow Malva sylvestris L present...


 Shell lift at Watchhouse battery present dayinternal view
Shell lift at Watchhouse battery present...


 One of two gun emplacements. Each emplacement had a single 6 inch breach loading gun served by its own shell and cartridge lifts. Storage facilities for shells and cartridges are present.
One of two gun emplacements. Each...
Harbour
Harbour


 Drakes Island
Drakes Island


 Fort record book
Fort record book
Table of contents within the documentation
Table of contents within the documentation


 Extract of survey data
Extract of...


 Bolts used to attach guns to emplacement. During mothballing each had been coated in grease and covered with bake bean tin and concreted over
Bolts used to attach guns to...


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