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No Man's Land Fort is a mid-nineteenth-century coastal defence fortification located in the Solent off the Hampshire coast. Constructed between 1867 and 1880, it forms part of the Palmerston Forts defensive system designed to protect Portsmouth and the naval anchorage from French attack during the period of Anglo-French tension. The fort consists of a polygonal ironclad structure built upon an artificial island, featuring brick and stone construction with iron plating to withstand contemporary naval artillery. Though never engaged in combat, the fort represents a significant phase in Victorian military engineering and remains a notable example of mid-nineteenth-century coastal fortification design.
No Man's Land Fort is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018589. View the official record →
No Man's Land Fort is a mid-nineteenth-century coastal defence fortification located in the Solent off the Hampshire coast. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018589.
No Man's Land Fort 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 1018589.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Steyne Wood Battery (6.8 km), Bembridge Fort (7.8 km), Bowl barrow on Nunwell Down known as The Devil's Punchbowl (8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of No Man's Land Fort'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.
No Man's Land Fort stands on Eocene claystone, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is claystone.