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Fort Monckton is a Napoleonic-era coastal defence fortification located at Gosport in Hampshire, England. Built in the early nineteenth century as part of the extensive fortification programme undertaken to protect the naval installations at Portsmouth and the Solent, the fort exemplifies military engineering of the Napoleonic Wars period. The structure comprises a substantial masonry casemated fort with gun emplacements designed to provide defensive firepower against potential invasion from the sea. Fort Monckton remains a significant example of Gosport's role as a strategic naval defence site during the early modern period.
Fort Monckton is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1001844. View the official record →
Fort Monckton is a Napoleonic-era coastal defence fortification located at Gosport in Hampshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1001844.
Fort Monckton 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 1001844.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Gilkicker fort (0.6 km), No. 5 Battery, Stokes Bay Lines (0.6 km), Spitbank Fort (2.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Fort Monckton's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Fort Monckton stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.