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No. 5 Battery, Stokes Bay Lines is a nineteenth-century coastal defence work located at Stokes Bay near Gosport in Hampshire. The battery forms part of the extensive system of fortifications constructed along the Hampshire coast during the mid-Victorian period to protect Portsmouth and its naval installations from potential French invasion. The structure represents the characteristic design of mid-nineteenth-century artillery batteries, built to accommodate contemporary cannon and provide protective earthworks for their crews. The Stokes Bay Lines themselves were among the most substantial and strategically important of the Palmerston Forts, a comprehensive network of defensive positions established following the defence review of the 1850s.
No. 5 Battery, Stokes Bay Lines is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1001829. View the official record →
No. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1001829.
No. 5 Battery, Stokes Bay Lines 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 1001829.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Gilkicker fort (0.6 km), Fort Monckton (0.6 km), Spitbank Fort (3.2 km).
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