Drake Island, Plymouth! pic heavy

Harry · Jun 4, 2012

Myself and 'Bunker Bill' went over yesterday and what a fantastic place!

The place is steeped in history from way back in 1135 and this is worth a read:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake's_Island

Onto the pic's...

chizyramone · Jun 4, 2012

Oh yeah, nice one. Thanks for sharing

Minuteman · Jun 4, 2012

Some nice old cannons there, a good find and trip.

Bunker Bill · Jun 4, 2012

Nice one S O B

5 hours on there and still did not see it all.

Heres a link to 200 other pics from the visit.

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.129978353806218.24684.100003821632259&type=3&l=b02a690f6b

tank2020 · Jun 4, 2012

fantastic, the cannon is amazing. cheers!

Priority 7 · Jun 4, 2012

Nice work guys tell me are the other canon barrels still lying around over there, I had wanted to visit myself as I have a buddy down that way and saw some shots somewhere of some even older canon barrels

skeleton key · Jun 4, 2012

Great stuff

Looks like you guys had a cracking day & the location is sweet

Harry · Jun 4, 2012

Priority 7 said:
Nice work guys tell me are the other canon barrels still lying around over there, I had wanted to visit myself as I have a buddy down that way and saw some shots somewhere of some even older canon barrels

It's definately worth a visit if you can get over there! Would these be the barrels you've previously saw?

Priority 7 · Jun 4, 2012

Could well be S o B maybe you could give me a hint on the best way (Other than swimming) to get over there...its been on my todo for a couple of years now...

muppet · Jun 4, 2012

would love a nose round there to dont fancy the swim either hint cheers for the post

flyboys90 · Jun 4, 2012

That was great! thanks for sharing.

TeeJF · Jun 4, 2012

Cracking! I dived in the lee of that island a time or two in the eighties and even lifted a cannon on a salvage course. I had no idea what was on the island though. Those big muzzle loaders look very much like the Armstrong cannon in Fort Rinella on Malta which they have restored and fire regularly. They were too much too late because breech loaders appeared about the same time if I remember correctly.

Well done chaps.

dannylaing · Jun 5, 2012

Amazing pics

krela · Jun 5, 2012

Cracking stuff!

UEP-Wales · Jun 5, 2012

I like this!

I done some work in Plymouth a few months back and wondered what was over there so thanks very much for posting them up!

UrbanX · Jun 5, 2012

It's seeing islands & forts like this that make me want to play the euro millions!
Fantastic site and as you say, just steeped in history.
How long did you get to look round? Looks like there's so much to see!

inceptionwave · Jun 5, 2012

Wow that place is great and has such a rich history to it, it has been added to my list - I just need to borrow a boat..... Great pictures, love old cannons too, Thanks for sharing!

Harry · Jun 5, 2012

UrbanX said:
It's seeing islands & forts like this that make me want to play the euro millions!
Fantastic site and as you say, just steeped in history.
How long did you get to look round? Looks like there's so much to see!

Thanks UrbanX - we spent between 4-5 hours on the island and it's packed with stuff to see and a return visit is definately required!

maxmix · Jun 5, 2012

Great explore, really love pics 8 & 9, the ones with the Iron shielded emplacement flanked by the later addition, pity the door seems to be bricked up to that area

night crawler · Jun 6, 2012

Great report, well worth the effort of going over there.

Drake Island, Plymouth! *pic heavy*

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