| 词条 | Watch House Battery |
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|name=Watch House Battery |partof= |location= Devon England |coordinates ={{coord|50|19|27|N|4|6|56|W|type:landmark|display=title}} |image= |caption= |image2= |caption2= |map_type= Devon |type= |code= |built= 1864-1865; Rebuilt 1901-1904 |builder= |materials= Earth Concrete |height= |used= |demolished= |condition= Complete; disarmed |ownership= |open_to_public= No |controlledby= |garrison= |current_commander= |commanders= |occupants= |battles= |events= }} Watch House Battery is a former 19th-century gun battery, built as one of a number of batteries to defend the Eastern approaches to Plymouth Sound, for the defence of the Royal Naval Dockyard at Devonport. The battery was originally built as a small pentagonal redoubt with emplacements for five guns. By 1893 it was armed with two 64 Pounder Rifled Muzzle Loading Guns. In 1901 the battery was reconstructed for two 6-inch Mark VII breech loading guns with the work being completed in 1903.[1] During the First World War the battery was manned by the Devonshire Royal Garrison Artillery.[2] After the Second World War the battery remained armed until the dissolution of coast artillery in the United Kingdom in 1956 when it was disarmed.[3] It was released by the military and subsequently used as a children's activity centre for some years.[4] It was Grade II listed in 1969.[5] References1. ^Maps and Plans, Watch House Battery 1904-40, The National Archives, WO78/5058 2. ^Col K W Maurice-Jones, 1959. The History of Coast Artillery in the British Army, Royal Artillery Institution, London, p187 3. ^Fort Record book, Watch House Battery 1901-53, The National Archives, WO192/292 4. ^https://www.victorianforts.co.uk/pdf/datasheets/watchhouse.pdf 5. ^{{cite web|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1002585 |title=Staddon Height Defences - 1002585 |publisher=Historic England |date=2014-02-27 |accessdate=2018-12-20}} Bibliography
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