Scoveston Fort

Scoveston Fort is a 19th-century military fortification, resembling Crownhill at Plymouth. It is a large hexagon with sides measuring 120 meters, surrounded by a dry moat that is approximately 8 meters deep and 11 meters wide. The escarp walls are stone-revetted, while the counter-scarp is made of natural rock. There is a single entry on the south side, approached by a serpentine road leading to a wooden bridge, which is now an earth causeway. The entry features a stone archway that leads into a tunnel through a massive earth bank.

The moat is protected by one double and four single two-storey caponnieres, each equipped with four gun embrasures and musketry loopholes. The fort was designed to accommodate 32 guns on the ramparts, supported by 12 expense magazines set into the traverses, with each gun position shielded by earth from behind. Additionally, there is an earth bank across the center of the parade ground. The fort provides accommodation for a garrison of 128 men within the five caponnieres and 12 barrel-vaulted bomb-proof casemates. These casemates are constructed as a series of limestone vaults, fronted in brick, with windows and doors on the south front, similar to the barracks at Fort Hubberstone. The magazine is located under the northwest rampart, consisting of two barrel-vaulted underground chambers connected by a lighting and ventilation passageway.

Currently, the fort is inaccessible due to a barred iron tunnel gate.