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The Palmerston Forts that encircle Portsmouth were built in response to the 1859 Royal Commission dealing with the perceived threat of a French invasion...

The Palmerston Forts are a group of forts and associated structures around the coasts of the United Kingdom and Ireland. The forts were built during the...

(1994). Arming the Forts The Artillery of the Victorian Land Forts. The Palmerston Forts Society. p. 4. ISBN 0-9523634-0-2. Anon. Fort Nelson, Home of the...

protect Portsmouth Harbour at the start of the American War of Independence, it was rebuilt in the 1880s as a Palmerston fort. A Henrican fort, variously...

Man's Land Fort, also referred to as No Man's Fort, is a sea fort in the Solent, near Portsmouth, England. It is one of the Palmerston Forts built between...

of the Palmerston Forts constructions. Located in the Solent, near Portsmouth, England, and is now a luxury hotel. The four armour-plated forts were designed...

Horse Sand Fort or Horse Sands Fort is one of the larger Royal Commission sea forts in the Solent off Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. The fort is one of...

home of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth. This is a list of most of the fortifications on the island. The Palmerston Forts are forts built during the Victorian...

Fort Southwick is one of the forts found on Portsdown Hill, which overlooks the naval base of Portsmouth in the county of Hampshire, England. Fort Southwick...

along with the other Palmerston Forts atop Portsdown, to protect Portsmouth from attack from the rear. Fort Widley was a polygonal Fort designed by William...

A number of Palmerston Forts were built along the south coast of England on recommendation of the 1860 Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom...

St Helens Fort is a sea fort in the Solent close to the Isle of Wight, one of the Palmerston Forts near Portsmouth. It was built as a result of the Royal...

Palmerston Forts Several places in Portsmouth are named after Palmerston – notably Southsea's main shopping precinct, Palmerston Road. Palmerston Road...

Isle of Wight The Palmerston Forts are a group of forts and associated structures built during the Victorian period on the recommendations of the 1860...

Admiralty semaphore station and later as a redoubt on the line of Palmerston Forts, Portsmouth. The Admiralty Telegraph Station was built at Camp Down in 1821...

Fort Fareham is one of the Palmerston Forts, in Fareham, England. After the Gosport Advanced Line of Fort Brockhurst, Fort Elson, Fort Rowner, Fort Grange...

1859, a ring of defensive land and sea forts, known as the Palmerston Forts, had been built around Portsmouth in anticipation of an invasion from continental...

Palmerston Forts Society. ISBN 0-9523634-3-7. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mallet's Mortar. [1] Fort Nelson Galleries [2] Victorian Forts Website...

Kingdom. They were operated as army and navy forts, and named for their designer, Guy Maunsell. The forts were decommissioned during the late 1950s and...

of the Palmerston Forts in the Solent, the line of Forts situated along the top of Portsdown Hill, forts in Gosport and the Hilsea Lines. Fort Cumberland...