Plymouth Breakwater Fort

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Plymouth Breakwater

Breakwater

Photo: Partonez, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Plymouth Breakwater is a 1,560-metre stone breakwater protecting Plymouth Sound and the anchorages near Plymouth, Devon, England. It is 13 metres wide at the top and the base is 65 metres.

Mount Edgcumbe House

Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Mount Edgcumbe House is a stately home in south-east Cornwall and is a Grade II listed building, whilst its gardens and parkland are listed as Grade I in the Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England. Mount Edgcumbe Country Park is situated in the parish of Maker on the Rame Peninsula, overlooking Plymouth Sound; its main entrance is in the village of Cremyll. Mount Edgcumbe House is situated 2 miles northwest of Plymouth Breakwater Fort.

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Drake’s Island

Hamlet

Photo: Janipewter, Public domain.

Drake's Island is a 6.5-acre island approximately 500 metres from land in Plymouth Sound, the stretch of water south of the city of Plymouth, Devon. The rocks which make up the island are volcanic tuff and lava, together with marine limestone of the Devonian period.

Mount Batten

Locality

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Mount Batten is a 24-metre -tall outcrop of rock on a 600-metre peninsula in Plymouth Sound, Devon, England, named after Sir William Batten, MP and Surveyor of the Navy. Mount Batten is situated 2 miles northeast of Plymouth Breakwater Fort.

Penlee Point

Locality

Photo: Mark.murphy, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Penlee Point is a coastal headland in Mount Edgcumbe Country Park, Maker-with-Rame, Cornwall, UK. The point lies at the entrance to Plymouth Sound. Bordering the sea, there is a weather station at its end. Penlee Point is situated 2 miles southwest of Plymouth Breakwater Fort.

Plymouth Breakwater Fort

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