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Fort Southwick is a nineteenth-century defensive fortification located near Portsmouth, Hampshire. Built as part of the extensive programme of coastal defence works undertaken in the 1860s, the fort exemplifies Victorian military engineering designed to protect Portsmouth's naval facilities from potential invasion. The fort features the characteristic design of Palmerston forts, with angular bastions and ditches suited to artillery warfare. It has been designated as a scheduled ancient monument and remains an important witness to the strategic military concerns of the mid-Victorian period.
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 nineteenth-century defensive fortification located near Portsmouth, 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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Fort Southwick See also PORTSMOUTH 500'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 Southwick See also PORTSMOUTH 500 stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.