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Tregantle Fort is a nineteenth-century coastal defence fortification located on the Cornish coast near Torpoint. Built during the mid-1800s as part of Britain's expanded programme of coastal fortifications, the fort exemplifies the military engineering of the Victorian era. The structure comprises substantial masonry works characteristic of mid-nineteenth-century fort design, positioned to defend the entrance to the Tamar estuary and Plymouth Sound against potential naval threats. The fort remains an important example of the defensive infrastructure developed during a period of significant naval rivalry and technological change in British military architecture.
Tregantle Fort is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004346. View the official record →
Tregantle Fort is a nineteenth-century coastal defence fortification located on the Cornish coast near Torpoint. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004346.
Tregantle Fort is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1004346.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Whitsand Bay practice battery (2.7 km), Whitsand Bay Battery (2.9 km), Inswork Chapel (4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Tregantle Fort's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Tregantle Fort stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.