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Douglas Artillery Fort

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as;
Pollock rocks; Paul Bridson's Parlour

In the parish of Douglas.
On the Isle of Man.

OS Map Grid Reference: SC38467534
Latitude 54.14825° Longitude -4.47486°

Douglas Artillery Fort has been described as a certain Artillery Fort.

There are no visible remains.

Description

The circular stone coastal fort on Pollock Rock, Douglas was built in ?1539 to defend the harbour against invasion. Alterations and additions were made at several times during the 17th century and re-armament over the period of the Napoleonic Wars (1793 - 1815). The fort was demolished in 1818 (Curphey 1967). (PastScape)

‘The old Fort’ on Pollock rocks at the entrance to the New Pier, taken down about 1816, when Major Holloway repaired Castle Rushen and constructed Batteries on Douglas Head and at Peel Castle. Townley, p. 71. Figured by Feltham, 1798; Frontispiece Mx. Soc. vi. (Kermode 1930)

Douglas Fort
This appeared to have more of a Customs collection role
Constable (with additional pay to look after My Lord's concerns there) - £10
Gunner - £8
5 Soldiers - one of whom was Customer (ie collector of Customs) - £4 (isle-of-man.com)

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Sources of information, references and further reading

The National Monument Record number(s), or equivalent, for this site is/are 30648.
Further information may be available from http://www.gov.im/mnh/.

Websites (Gatehouse is not responsible for the content of external websites.)
- isle-of-man.com and isle-of-man.com
Books
- Salter, Mike, 1997, Castles and Old Churches of the Isle of Man (Malvern; Folly Publications) p. 29
  King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 2 p. 550
  Kermode, P.M.C., 1930, List of Manx Antiquities (Douglas) p. 59 online copy
  Feltham, J. (edited by R. Airey), 1861, A Tour through the Island of Mann, in 1797 and 1798 (Manx Society 6) illus. on frontispiece online copy
Periodical Articles
- Curphey, R.A., 1967, 'The Coastal Batteries of the Isle of Man. I. The Lord's Defences: To the Revestment' Journal of the Manx Museum Vol. 7.83 p. 50-57 online copy

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This record last updated on Tuesday, April 18, 2017

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