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Fort Fareham is a mid-nineteenth century coastal defence fortification located in Fareham, Hampshire. Constructed during the 1860s as part of the wider programme of Victorian defensive works known as the Palmerston Forts, it was designed to protect Portsmouth Harbour and the Solent against potential French naval attack. The fort comprises a polygonal earthwork with bastions and a surrounding ditch, characteristic of mid-Victorian military engineering. It remains a significant example of the strategic fortifications developed during a period of Anglo-French tension in the nineteenth century.
Fort Fareham is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1001856. View the official record →
Fort Fareham is a mid-nineteenth century coastal defence fortification located in Fareham, Hampshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1001856.
Fort Fareham 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 1001856.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including A prehistoric round barrow, First World War practice trenches, and a Second World War Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery on Browndown Ranges (North) (5.3 km), No 1 Battery, Stokes Bay Lines (6 km), Bastion No 1, Gosport Lines (7.2 km).
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