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Horsea Island D-Day Landing Craft Maintenance Site

England
List entry 1479109
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1479109
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
2.44 hectares
Grid reference
SU6400803927
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Horsea Island D-Day Landing Craft Maintenance Site is a Second World War military installation located in Hampshire, England. The site comprises the remains of structures and facilities constructed to support the maintenance and repair of landing craft in preparation for the D-Day invasion of Normandy in June 1944. The physical remains reflect the intensive logistical operations required by Allied forces during this critical period of the war. As a designated ancient monument, the site preserves important evidence of the military infrastructure and engineering efforts that underpinned one of the most significant amphibious operations in modern warfare.

Horsea Island D-Day Landing Craft Maintenance Site is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1479109. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Horsea Island D-Day Landing Craft Maintenance Site?

Horsea Island D-Day Landing Craft Maintenance Site is a Second World War military installation located in Hampshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1479109.

Who is responsible for protecting Horsea Island D-Day Landing Craft Maintenance Site?

Horsea Island D-Day Landing Craft Maintenance Site 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 1479109.

What other scheduled monuments are near Horsea Island D-Day Landing Craft Maintenance Site?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Long Curtain, King's Bastion and Spur Redoubt (4.8 km), Gunboat Traverser System (5.4 km), Lumps Fort and practice battery (5.8 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

Long Curtain, King's Bastion and Spur Redoubt
4.8 km
Gunboat Traverser System
5.4 km
Lumps Fort and practice battery
5.8 km
Southsea Castle
5.8 km
Eastney forts and perimeter defences of barracks
5.8 km
Fort Cumberland
6.1 km
Fort Monckton
6.7 km
Spitbank Fort
6.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Horsea Island D-Day Landing Craft Maintenance Site

Horsea Island D-Day Landing Craft Maintenance Site stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Horsea Island D-Day Landing Craft Maintenance Site

Fishbourne Roman PalaceArchaeological site · ~12.1 milesChichesterRoman town · ~13.6 milesWinchesterRoman town · ~18.7 milesBattle of Cheriton 1644Battle (1644) · ~16.2 miles
Domesday entry for Portchester, Hampshire →
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