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Scraesdon Fort , near the village of Antony , is one of several forts in South East Cornwall which formed part of the ring of forts surrounding Plymouth to protect Plymouth Sound and , in particular , Plymouth docks from enemy naval attack .. Antony. Antony, Cornwall. Cornwall. Cornwall. forts surrounding Plymouth. Forts of Plymouth. Plymouth Sound. Plymouth Sound. They were built as a result of a decision in Lord Palmerston 's premiership to deter the French from attacking naval bases in the south of England .. decision. Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom. Lord Palmerston. Lord Palmerston. Scraesdon Fort was designed in 1859 at a cost of # 137,000 .. It is constructed in the Land Front , polygonal , near octagonal format .. polygonal. Polygonal fort. It has a dry ditch , and was designed to have twenty-seven 7-inch breech-loading guns on the ramparts , although only eight were ever mounted .. 7-inch breech-loading guns. RBL 7 inch Armstrong gun. The upper level is 254 ft above mean sea level -LRB- AMSL -RRB- and the lower level is 173 feet AMSL .. AMSL. AMSL. The fort was used by the MOD as a training barracks , but it is currently empty , derelict and overgrown .. MOD. Ministry of Defence ( United Kingdom ). It was used to train Royal Navy Artificer Apprentices from HMS Fisgard and HMS Raleigh ; it is occasionally used now by Royal Marine Commandos recruits as part of their final exercise , as well as being used by local Army Reserve units .. HMS Fisgard. HMS Fisgard ( shore establishment ). HMS Raleigh. HMS Raleigh ( shore establishment ). Royal Marine Commandos. 3 Commando Brigade. The fort is also used for airsoft events on an ad hoc basis .. A military railway connected the fort with the River Lynher at Wacker Quay , near St. Germans .. River Lynher. River Lynher. St. Germans. St Germans, Cornwall. It also provided a link to the main fort on the Rame peninsula at Fort Tregantle .. Rame peninsula. Rame peninsula. Fort Tregantle. Fort Tregantle. The railway ran underneath the metal bridge -LRB- as seen in the picture on the right -RRB- and down a gradient , then went underneath the current A374 road , and alongside Wacker Quay .. A374 road. A374 road. The locomotive shed was extant on the quayside until the late 2000s , when it was removed by Cornwall CC , who had been using it as a highways depot .. Cornwall. Cornwall. and other remnants of the railway can also be seen here .. There was also an extensive marshalling area next to the east wall in the lower picture .. The railway was used from 1893 to 1903 .