Fort Austin
Fort Austin is a former 19th-century Fort, built as a result of the Royal Commission on National Defence of 1859. It was built to defend the landward approaches to the North East of Plymouth.Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Fort
- Description: fort in Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
- Also known as: “Austin Fort and section of military road”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Forder Battery and Fort Efford.
Forder Battery
Fort
Forder Battery is a former 19th-century fort, built as a result of the Royal Commission on National Defence of 1859. Part of an extensive scheme known as Palmerston Forts, after the prime minister who championed the scheme, it was built to defend the landward approaches to the north east of Plymouth, as an element of the plan for the defence of the Royal Naval Dockyard at Devonport. Forder Battery is situated 2,300 feet northwest of Fort Austin.
Fort Efford
Fort
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fort Efford is a former 19th-century Fort, built as a result of the Royal Commission on National Defence of 1859. It was built to defend the landward approaches to the North East of Plymouth. Fort Efford is situated 4,200 feet southeast of Fort Austin.
Bowden Fort
Fort
Photo: Gwyn Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bowden Fort is a former 19th-century fort, built as a result of the Royal Commission on National Defence of 1859. Part of an extensive scheme known as Palmerston Forts, after the prime minister who championed the scheme, it was built to defend the landward approaches to the north east of Plymouth, as an element of the plan for the defence of the Royal Naval Dockyard at Devonport. Bowden Fort is situated 4,000 feet northwest of Fort Austin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eggbuckland and Leigham.
Eggbuckland
Suburb
Photo: Kate Jewell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eggbuckland is a suburb of the city of Plymouth, in the ceremonial county of Devon, England. Before the Second World War Eggbuckland was a small village a few miles north of Plymouth.
Leigham
Suburb
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Leigham is the name of an area of the city of Plymouth in the English county of Devon. Originally a hamlet and manor separate from the city, urban expansion of the 20th century has meant that the area has become widely built up.
Efford
Suburb
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Efford is an historic manor formerly in the parish of Eggbuckland, Devon, England. Today it has been absorbed by the city of Plymouth to become a large, mostly post-World War II, eastern suburb of the city.
Fort Austin
- Categories: military road, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Plymouth, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.39959° or 50° 23′ 59″ northLongitude
-4.10329° or 4° 6′ 12″ westOpen location code
9C2Q9VXW+RMOpenStreetMap ID
way 503949654OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortWikidata ID
Q60755309
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In Other Languages
“Fort Austin” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن اوستن”
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