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Title: Fort Purbrook 1974 [Go to resource]
Description: Fort Purbrook was one of a chain of fortification constructed along the top of Portsdown Hill between 1962 and 1867 on the instructions of the then Prime Minister Lord Palmerston, To protect against a possible French invasion. The other forts on the hill are Forts Widley, Southwick and Nelson and also constructed were the forts in the Solent, Spitsand, Nomansland, St Helens and Horsesands. The fortifications were nicknamed Palmerstons Follies as they never fired a shot in anger. Format: image/jpeg License: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 Rights holder: Portsmouth City Council Subjects: Palmerston
Portsdown Hill
Fortifications
Fort PurbrookTemporal: start=1974-10-01; Source: Sense of place SE Creator: Derek Dine Identifier: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... Language: en-GB Format: image/jpeg Go to resource More Like this...
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