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Description: | Fort Brockhurst was built as part of the line of defence stretching from Fort Elson, Fort Brockhurst, Fort Rowner, Fort Gomer and Stokes Bay. Vegetation was deliberately grown around and over the fort for camouflage. The Fort is a designated ancient monument and was restored by the Ministry of Public Building and Works in the 1960s.
Origins: Gosport began to be refortified in the period 1850 - 1860 during the height of tensions between Britain and France. Gosport needed to be refortified as its previous defences were weak and vulnerable. The new fortifications were built so that Portsmouth, home of the British Navy, would be protected in the event of an attack.
At the time, there was local objection to the building of the fort as it was originally intended to displace the small villages around Gosport such as Brockhurst village.
The line of defence quickly fell into decay as the French threat lessened and newer defences were put in place. Fort Brockhurst marks one of the limits of the urban growth of Gosport.
References:
1. White, Leonard. 1989. The Story of Gosport, p. 89-91.
2. Pevsner, Nikolaus and David Lloyd. 1967. Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. The Buildings of England series, p. 249-250. | 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: | Hampshire Library and Information Service - Hampshire County Council | Subjects: | car building transport rampart fortification Fort Brockhurst walkway fort courtyard military ammunition hoist | Temporal: | start=1850-01-01; end=1860-12-31; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | Derek Dine, Hampshire Library and Information Service - Hampshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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