Article: Barbara Follett protects the weapons stores which helped protect us in the past.

M2 PRESSWIRE-17 April 2009-UK Government: Barbara Follett protects the weapons stores which helped protect us in the past(C)1994-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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Ordnance Yards and Magazine Depots from the Napoleonic War to the First World War are amongst 48 buildings listed or upgraded today by Culture Minister, Barbara Follett, following a study by English Heritage.

The buildings, mostly listed at Grade II, include:

* the Mixing house (building 124) at Bull Point, Plymouth, constructed in 1804 and a unique survival from the Napoleonic Wars, where gunpowder from returning warships was recycled

* the Shell Fitting ...

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