Firing of the Moncrieff Disappearing Gun 2025 - Crownhill Fort
12 June 2025 12 June 2025When: 12 June 2025
Where: PL6 5BX, Crownhill Fort
Time: 1800 - 2000
Cost: £5 per person. No charge for under 5s
Suitable for: Any age
You are invited to join us for a special evening celebrating a unique piece of Victorian artillery. The event will start at 6pm with an introduction to Crownhill Fort and its role within the wider Plymouth Defences. This will be followed by a visit to a recreated barracks and a walking tour of the rampart. Once at the Moncrieff Disappearing Gun we will demonstrate the revolutionary mechanism (with the option of audience participation) before conducting a drill and firing of the piece.
40 tickets are now on sale, once they are sold there will not be a further allocation.
Admission is £5 per person (ages 5 and above) and car parking costs £2.50 per vehicle.
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