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Naval Heritage Centre Devonport Dockyards Albany Street/Granby Way Plymouth Devon Great Britain PL1 4RW Telephone: 01752 552326
Plymouth has a selection of 19th century cannon scattered around but the guns originating from the Crimean War are located in Morice Yard. This lies towards the southern end of the Devonport Dockyard and now incorporates the Naval Heritage Centre. The Visitor Centre occupies one of the English Heritage listed buildings in the locality. Morice Yard dates back to 1720 when work on the dockyards first commenced. The Ordnance Department opened this yard after leasing the land from Sir Nicholas Morice. On the front terrace there are situated four cannons, three of which were brought here as 'War Trophies' after the Napoleonic and Crimean wars. The fourth came from the Chinese Wars and is the largest of those illustrated. Although fenced off from open public access, they can be closely inspected when the Heritage Centre is open - see picture below.
Website: Click Here ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONSTRAINTS Open set times only FACILITIES Access by Road, Access on Foot, Conducted Tours of Locality, Part of a larger tourism attraction, Tourism Information LANDSCAPE City Centre, Coastal REGION England - Southern |
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