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This is part of the main magazine of the fort on Brean Down. Built in 1870 to... (more)

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This arched passageway is the present version of the former Royal Fort. In the... (more)

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Looking across the Solent from Hurst Castle on the south coast of Hampshire to... (more)

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The fort dates from the 1860s, part of the response to the 1859 Royal Commission... (more)

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The fort dates from the 1860s, part of the response to the 1859 Royal Commission... (more)

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The old fort was built in the late 1800s and featured a large dry moat walling... (more)

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This is the WWII gun emplacement on Brean Down fort , occupying what once was... (more)

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In 1858, France built the first 'ironclad' warship,... (more)

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The fort at Brean Down was one of four such installations in the Bristol Channel... (more)

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Landguard Point is the site of the last opposed seaborne invasion of England in... (more)

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New Tavern Fort is the remains of an 18th century fort built against the threat... (more)

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New Tavern Fort is the remains of an 18th century fort built against the threat... (more)

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New Tavern Fort is the remains of an 18th century fort built against the threat... (more)

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New Tavern Fort is the remains of an 18th century fort built against the threat... (more)

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The old canteen on the southern fort has largely been lost now, but the thick... (more)

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Shornmead Fort was built in 1796 to strengthen the Thames defences below... (more)

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Shornmead Fort was built in 1796 to strengthen the Thames defences below... (more)

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A former searchlight platform at the westernmost end of Brean Down has tried to... (more)

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The old fort on Brean Down was reactivated following the declaration of war with... (more)

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The old fort buildings of Berry Head are mainly of Napoleonic age, some of which... (more)

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The Department was an Admiralty concern in WWII that was formed to invent and... (more)

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Looking southerly from the No. 1 gun emplacement towards the barracks and the... (more)

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Gun number one, north-east emplacement, with shell recess number 1 and the... (more)

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This is the view from inside the old Bristol Royal Fort through the gateway.... (more)

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The bases of the Nissen huts stand outside the walls of the original 1800s fort.

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When the old fort was brought back into use in WWII, the area outside the... (more)

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The Berry Head peninsula is a naturally-occurring headland of rock that has... (more)

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An octagonal structure outside the old powder store, now lookout.

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Berry Head is a limestone headland that, handily, provided the core materials... (more)

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The doorway to what was the kitchen of Brean Down fort, located on the north... (more)

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The old searchlight station at the extreme end of Brean Down was perched on a... (more)

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Most of the old fort was closed around the turn of the 1900s, but was reinstated... (more)

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The old Palmerston-era fort was built on the end of Brean Down and has a... (more)

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A cutmark, dating from the nineteenth century, on the former powder store... (more)

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The guns on the old redoubt are not, thankfully, capable of firing.

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A fireplace in the old barracks would have been considered sufficient to keep... (more)

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A look through the window of the old barracks. The roof is now missing, as is... (more)

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