Scraesdon Fort
Scraesdon Fort, near the village of Antony, is one of several forts in South East Cornwall which formed part of the ring of forts surrounding Plymouth to protect Plymouth Sound and, in particular, the naval dockyard of Devonport from enemy naval attack.Photo: Bill Booth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Military installation
- Description: fort in Antony, Cornwall, England, UK
- Also known as: “Fort Scraesdon” and “Scraesdon Fort (Antony training area)”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Trematon Castle and HMS Raleigh.
Trematon Castle
Castle
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Trematon Castle is situated near Saltash in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It was the caput of the feudal barony of Trematon. It is similar in style to the later Restormel Castle, with a 12th-century keep. Trematon Castle is situated 2 miles northeast of Scraesdon Fort.
HMS Raleigh
Military installation
Photo: John Readman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
HMS Raleigh is a stone frigate, serving as the basic training facility of the Royal Navy at Torpoint, Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is spread over several square miles, and has damage control simulators and fire-fighting training facilities, as well as a permanently moored training ship, the former HMS Brecon. HMS Raleigh is situated 2 miles east of Scraesdon Fort.
Churchtown Farm
Meadow
Churchtown Farm is a community nature reserve one mile south of Saltash, Cornwall, England. It is leased from Antony Estate and managed by Cornwall Wildlife Trust, and includes diverse habitats such as grassland, estuarine mudflats, wetland, woodland, disused quarries and hedgerows. Churchtown Farm is situated 2½ miles northeast of Scraesdon Fort.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Antony and St John.
Antony
Village
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Antony is a village and coastal civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is situated on the Rame Peninsula about three miles west of Torpoint and has a shop, a pub and a garage. At the 2021 census the population of the parish was 438.
St John
Village
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St John is a coastal civil parish and a village in south-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, 3 miles south of Saltash and 1.5 miles south-west of Torpoint.
Crafthole
Village
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Crafthole is a village in the parish of Sheviock, in southeast Cornwall, England. The village has a pub, Post Office, shop, Methodist chapel, and village hall. Crafthole is situated 1½ miles west of Scraesdon Fort.
Scraesdon Fort
- Category: fort
- Location: Antony, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.3722° or 50° 22′ 20″ northLongitude
-4.26119° or 4° 15′ 40″ westOpen location code
9C2Q9PCQ+VGOpenStreetMap ID
way 215233001OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryWikidata ID
Q26433480
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to German—“Scraesdon Fort” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن سكرايسدون”
- German: “Scraesdon Fort”
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