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Fort Southwick is a mid-nineteenth-century coastal defence fort located near Portsmouth in Hampshire. Constructed during the 1860s as part of the extensive fortification programme commissioned by the War Office, it was designed to protect Portsmouth Harbour and the naval dockyard from attack by sea. The fort is a substantial masonry structure typical of Victorian military engineering, featuring a low profile with gun emplacements and fortified walls. It remains one of the most complete examples of its class in the Portsmouth defences system and has retained significant archaeological and historical importance as evidence of nineteenth-century strategic military architecture.
Fort Southwick See also PORTSMOUTH 500 is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003802. View the official record →
Fort Southwick is a mid-nineteenth-century coastal defence fort located near Portsmouth in Hampshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003802.
Fort Southwick See also PORTSMOUTH 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 1003802.
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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