Fort Brockhurst

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Fort Brockhurst

Hampshire

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Fort Brockhurs
Type: Palmerston fort
Location
Grid reference: SU59540209
Location: 50°48’53"N, 1°9’17"W
History
Information
Owned by: English Heritage

Fort Brockhurst is a Victorian fortress in Gosport, Hampshire; one of the Palmerston forts built at the direction of Lord Palmerston to defend the south after the accession in France of the Emperor Napoleon III. It is now an English Heritage property.

Fort Brockhurst was designed by William Crossman in the 19th century to protect Portsmouth. With its formidable firepower, its main purpose was to guard the approach through Spithead from potential landing areas on the south Hampshire coast.

Fort Brockhurst entrance

Although modern life has encroached on the fort, its fabric remains largely unaltered and the parade ground, gun ramps and moated keep can all be viewed.

Constructional details of the casemates are able to be seen due to unrepaired bomb damage fro the Second World War at the north-eastern corner.

The site is occasionally open to the public, under the auspices of English Heritage.[1]

Fort Rowner to the southwest is in a similar state of preservation, but is inside HMS Sultan naval base and it is only opened to the public once a year under the banner of 'Heritage Open Week'.

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