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Upton Fort is a coastal artillery battery and defensive installation located in Dorset, England, constructed during the Second World War as part of the extensive fortification programme undertaken to defend against potential enemy invasion. The fort comprises gun emplacements designed to provide anti-tank and anti-personnel defence, together with two searchlight positions that formed part of the integrated coastal defence system protecting the Dorset coast. The physical remains reflect the standardised military engineering of the period, with concrete structures and prepared positions typical of wartime coastal fortifications. As a scheduled ancient monument under NHLE list entry 1021435, Upton Fort represents an important surviving example of Britain's Second World War defensive infrastructure and contributes to the archaeological understanding of home defence operations during the 1940s.
Upton Fort, a coastal artillery battery and two searchlight emplacements is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021435. View the official record →
Upton Fort is a coastal artillery battery and defensive installation located in Dorset, England, constructed during the Second World War as part of the extensive fortification programme undertaken to defend against potential enemy invasion. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021435.
Upton Fort, a coastal artillery battery and two searchlight emplacements 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 1021435.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 200m south east of Hill Barn: one of a group of three barrows (3.3 km), Two bowl barrows 560m south east of Hill Barn (3.6 km), Earl of Abergavenny (4.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Upton Fort, a coastal artillery battery and two searchlight emplacements's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Upton Fort, a coastal artillery battery and two searchlight emplacements stands on West Walton Formation, Ampthill Clay Formation And Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Kimmeridgian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.