Stack Rock Fort
Stack Rock Fort

Stack Rock Fort (Palmerston Folly).
1 of 11 forts built around the Haven in just 20 years 1850-1870.
Perhaps the most striking of all the Haven forts / sitting remote on a mid-channel
rock in the haven / originally a Cambridge Gun Tower / 1851 /
similar to the Martello Towers of Pembroke Dock .
Between 1859 and 1871 the present building was built / a circular casemated fort
with 23 guns / which completely enveloped the former tower /
accommodation for 180 men .
Changes to the armaments over the life of the fort.
Disarmed by 1929 and sold in 1932

Ref: 3620

Date: 13/07/2008

Location: SM 869 036

Stack Rock Fort

Stack Rock Fort (Palmerston Folly).
1 of 11 forts built around the Haven in just 20 years 1850-1870.
Perhaps the most striking of all the Haven forts / sitting remote on a mid-channel
rock in the haven / originally a Cambridge Gun Tower / 1851 /
similar to the Martello Towers of Pembroke Dock .
Between 1859 and 1871 the present building was built / a circular casemated fort
with 23 guns / which completely enveloped the former tower /
accommodation for 180 men .
Changes to the armaments over the life of the fort.
Disarmed by 1929 and sold in 1932

Ref: 3620

Date: 13/07/2008

Location: SM 869 036