2019

SX4851 : The wall above Bovisand Fort from the Tamar

taken 5 years ago, near to Turnchapel, Plymouth, England

The wall above Bovisand Fort from the Tamar
The wall above Bovisand Fort from the Tamar
The huge wall seen above Fort Bovisand in this image was completed in two phases, the first in the 1860s, the second in 1893 as a target butt wall to prevent small arms fire impinging on the land beyond. See LinkExternal link for a lot more detail of this part of a Scheduled Monument.

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Geographical Context: Coastal Defence, Military Primary Subject: Wall
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Fort Bovisand [3] · Wall [3] ·
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SX4851, 42 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Rob Farrow   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 27 July, 2019   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 9 August, 2019
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SX 489 511 [100m precision]
WGS84: 50:20.4673N 4:7.4460W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SX 462 511
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EAST (about 90 degrees)
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