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Fort Charles is a seventeenth-century artillery fortification located in Portsmouth, Hampshire. Constructed during the English Civil War period, the fort was built to defend the naval dockyard and harbour approaches against Parliamentary forces. The structure exemplifies the bastioned trace design characteristic of mid-seventeenth-century military engineering, with angled bastions positioned to provide overlapping fields of fire. Though subsequently modified and partially obscured by later development, the fort remains an important surviving example of Civil War defensive architecture and continues to demonstrate the strategic military significance of Portsmouth during this turbulent period.
Fort Charles is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020165. View the official record →
Fort Charles is a seventeenth-century artillery fortification located in Portsmouth, Hampshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020165.
Fort Charles is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1020165.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Coaxial field system, hut circles and medieval farm buildings at Starehole Bottom (1.8 km), Post-medieval animal pound 430m south of East Soar Farm (1.9 km), Hilltop enclosure 380m east of Middle Soar (2.1 km).
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