Entrance to Plymouth Citadel (1831)
Henry Wallis
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| Devon | West Country Studies | M SC2020 |
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SC2020
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Sanford, John. The tourist's companion; being a guide to Devonport, Stoke, Morice-Town, Stonehouse, and Plymouth. Devonport: W. Colman, c.1825. p. 108. THE CITADEL Was built in the reign of Charles II. and is a regular fortification, consisting of three regular and two irregular bastions; and the curtains of the regular bastions are further strengthened by two ravelins and horn-works; on the east, north, and west sides, are a deep ditch, counterscarp, and covered way palisadoed; the parapets are mounted with a great number of cannon; the lower fort is connected with the Citadel, and is chiefly intended to defend the sound. Happily no occasion has occurred in which its utility has been put to the test, for great doubts are entertained of the men being able to stand by their guns; the embrasures are injudiciously built of limestone and granite, and the walls of the fort itself are built of the same materials, and so situated, that any splinter or fragments from them must annoy the men who are working the guns below: but fortunately, the Citadel is required only as a residence for the lieutenant-governor and its other officers, and as a station for troops, one company of which garrisons the Island, and is relieved monthly.[Text may be taken from a different source or edition than that listed as the source by Somers Cocks.]
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98x152mm
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1831