Remains of Plymouth Castle

REMAINS OF PLYMOUTH CASTLE, LAMBHAY STREET

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1322013
Date first listed:
25-Jan-1954
Statutory Address:
REMAINS OF PLYMOUTH CASTLE, LAMBHAY STREET
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Date:
1999-09-01
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1322013
Date first listed:
25-Jan-1954
Date of most recent amendment:
09-Nov-1998
Statutory Address 1:
REMAINS OF PLYMOUTH CASTLE, LAMBHAY STREET

Location

Statutory Address:
REMAINS OF PLYMOUTH CASTLE, LAMBHAY STREET

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
City of Plymouth (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:
SX4828953955

Details

PLYMOUTH

SX4853NW LAMBHAY STREET, Barbican
740-1/67/11 Remains of Plymouth Castle
25/01/54
(Formerly Listed as:
LAMBHAY STREET, Plymouth
Remains of Plymouth Castle)

II

Remains of the gatehouse of the "South Port". Probably C14 or
C15. Rubble wall about 3m high, built on bedrock. Short length
of very thick wall with central semicircular on plan truncated
projection which is the remains of the right-hand flanking
turret of the west gatehouse.
Scheduled Ancient Monument.




Listing NGR: SX4828953955

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473554
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