Location : ../.. > Ward > Plymouth > Sutton & Mount Gould > East Pier
Site/Position : Entrance to Bridge between East & West piers.

Main Transcription
Description : Lettering and imagery is raised. Text not in straight lines. Mounted on a shield shaped stand.
Transcription : EAST PIER & HARBOUR ENTRANCE. The rocky promontory here on the eastside of the harbour is called TEATS HILL, for enturies a centre for ropemaking, ship building and ship repair. In the last century a large coal wharf stood on the site of the new fish market & aquarium. The harbour entrance was originally a narrow opening through the natural limestone 'breakwater' or CAWSE. The entrance was widened in the 1790s when the East & West Piers were improved. People may have used the CAWSE at low tide as a direct route between Coxside & the Barbican. However, after the harbour entrance was widened it was only possible to cross by boat. Lock gates to control the tide were first proposed in 1845. The ready built 10,000 tonconcrete lock chamber was floated into position and sunk on the site of the East Pier in 1993.

Additional Crests/Logos
Transcription : Discovery' symbol. Lots of imagery, see photo.

Material : cast bronze

Reference Number : PLAQUE 107