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Fort Southwick See also HAMPSHIRE 500

England
List entry 1001808
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1001808
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
4.89 hectares
Grid reference
SU 62824 06926
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Fort Southwick is a Second World War defensive installation located near Portsmouth in Hampshire. The fort was constructed as part of Britain's coastal defence preparations during the early 1940s and served as a military facility throughout the war period. It represents the type of reinforced concrete fortification built to protect against potential German invasion and bombing raids on the strategically important Portsmouth naval base and surrounding area.

Fort Southwick See also HAMPSHIRE 500 is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1001808. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Fort Southwick See also HAMPSHIRE 500?

Fort Southwick is a Second World War defensive installation located near Portsmouth in Hampshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1001808.

Who is responsible for protecting Fort Southwick See also HAMPSHIRE 500?

Fort Southwick See also HAMPSHIRE 500 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 1001808.

What other scheduled monuments are near Fort Southwick See also HAMPSHIRE 500?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Portsmouth Garrison church (7.7 km), Long Curtain, King's Bastion and Spur Redoubt (7.8 km), Gunboat Traverser System (8 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Portsmouth Garrison church
7.7 km
Long Curtain, King's Bastion and Spur Redoubt
7.8 km
Gunboat Traverser System
8 km
No 1 Battery, Stokes Bay Lines
8.9 km
Southsea Castle
9 km
Lumps Fort and practice battery
9.1 km
Eastney forts and perimeter defences of barracks
9.1 km
No. 5 Battery, Stokes Bay Lines
9.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Fort Southwick See also HAMPSHIRE 500

Fort Southwick See also HAMPSHIRE 500 stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Fort Southwick See also HAMPSHIRE 500

Fishbourne Roman PalaceArchaeological site · ~12.9 milesChichesterRoman town · ~14.4 milesWinchesterRoman town · ~16.7 milesBattle of Cheriton 1644Battle (1644) · ~14.2 miles
Domesday entry for Portchester, Hampshire →
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