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Lumps Fort and practice battery is a Napoleonic-era coastal defence fortification located in Hampshire, England. Constructed during the early nineteenth century as part of Britain's defences against potential French invasion, the fort exemplifies the military engineering of the Napoleonic Wars period. The site comprises earthwork fortifications designed to accommodate artillery positions, reflecting contemporary practice battery construction methods. As a scheduled ancient monument, it represents an important survival of early nineteenth-century military architecture within Hampshire's coastal fortification network.
Lumps Fort and practice battery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1490402. View the official record →
Lumps Fort and practice battery is a Napoleonic-era coastal defence fortification located in Hampshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1490402.
Lumps Fort and practice battery 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 1490402.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Eastney forts and perimeter defences of barracks (1 km), Southsea Castle (1.5 km), Spitbank Fort (2.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Lumps Fort and practice battery'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.
Lumps Fort and practice battery stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.