| 词条 | Knowles Battery |
| 释义 |
|name=Knowles Battery |partof= |location= |coordinates = {{coord|50|24|59|N|4|09|52|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline,title}} |image= |caption= Rear gorge wall and gateway to Knowles Battery |image2= |caption2= |map_type= |type= |code= |built= 1863-1870 |builder= |materials= Earth Masonry |height= |used= Now part of a school |demolished= |condition= Partially demolished |ownership= |open_to_public= No |controlledby= |garrison= |current_commander= |commanders= |occupants= |battles= |events= }} Knowles 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. It was designed to be armed with thirteen guns. Fire from the battery linked with nearby Woodlands Fort and Agaton Fort[1] By the early 1900s the fort had become obsolete as a defensive position and was disarmed. It was sold by the War Department in 1930.[2] A school was built on the site in the 1960s. Knowles Battery was Grade II listed in 1973.[3] It is now part of Knowle Primary School. References1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.victorianforts.co.uk/pdf/datasheets/knowles.pdf |title=Plymouth.dpd |format=PDF |date= |accessdate=2018-11-25}} 2. ^Plymouth and West Devon Record Office, 1488/17: Sale catalogue for surplus war department property in Plymouth, 20 November 1930 3. ^{{cite web|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1002614|title=Knowle Battery - 1002614 |publisher=Historic England |date=2008-04-07 |accessdate=2018-11-25}} Bibliography
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3 : Forts of Plymouth|Palmerston Forts|Military history of Devon |
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