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Main Transcription
Description : Lettering and border painted white.
Transcription : THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR 1642-1646 / AT THE OUTSET OF THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR THE TOWN OF / PLYMOUTH DECLARED FOR PARLIAMENT. / THE TOWN WAS BESEIGED BY THE TROOPS OF / KING CHARLES I AND ON THE 6TH DECEMBER 1643 / THE ROYALISTS TOOK A FORTIFICATION AT THIS PLACE. / THIS ACTION ENABLED THE ROYALIST ARTILLERY TO HARASS / PARLIAMENT'S VITAL SEABORNE SUPPLIES INTO THE TOWN. / PRINCE MAURICE ATTEMPTED A FURTHER ASSAULT ON THE / TOWN IN THE AREA OF FREEDOM FIELDS. / HE WAS DETEATED AND IN THE FOLLOWING MONTH / PARLIAMENTARY TROOPS STORMED THIS PLACE / AND BROKE THE SIEGE. / PLYMOUTH REMAINED PARLIAMENT'S ONLY STRONGHOLD / IN THE SOUTH WEST THROUGHOUT THE CIVIL WAR. //

Material : granite

Reference Number : PLAQUE 034