Plymouth Breakwater is a 1,560-metre (1,710 yd) stone breakwater protecting Plymouth Sound and the anchorages near Plymouth, Devon, England. It is 13 metres (43 ft) wide at the top and the base is 65 metres (213 ft). It lies in about 10 metres (33 ft) of water. Around 4 million tons of rock were used in its construction in 1812 at the then-colossal cost of £1.5 million.
Plymouth Breakwater
Plymouth Breakwater Fort from inside the Sound
Plymouth breakwater from Wembury
Plymouth breakwater from Kingsand showing the 1844 lighthouse and the Breakwater Fort beyond
Plymouth Sound, or locally just The Sound, is a deep inlet or sound in the English Channel near Plymouth in England.
Image of the Breakwater and the Mewstone
Plymouth Sound from Heybook Bay
Scene in Plymouth Sound in August 1815 by J. J. Chalon, oil on canvas