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    Portsdown Hill is a long chalk ridge in Hampshire, England. The highest point of the hill lies within Fort Southwick at 131 m above sea level. The ridge...
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    Camp Down is a location at Portsdown Hill, Hampshire, near Farlington, which was used as an Admiralty semaphore station and later as a redoubt on the line...
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    Solent, a group of forts on Portsea Island, a group of forts along Portsdown Hill overlooking Portsmouth, and a group of forts on the Gosport peninsula...
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    Nelson Monument, 120 feet (37 m) tall on a granite base, stands on Portsdown Hill about 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Portsmouth Harbour on the south coast...
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    Fort Widley is one of the forts built on top of Portsdown Hill between 1860 and 1868 on the recommendation of the Royal Commission on the Defence of the...
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    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...
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    to the need to cut costs. It acted as a hinge between the forts on Portsdown Hill and those of the Gosport Advanced Line, filling the gap at Fareham....
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    meant that it was now possible for an enemy to occupy the high ridge of Portsdown Hill north of Portsmouth and shell the naval base from several miles away...
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    on the dip slope of the South Downs just north of the ridge called Portsdown Hill. Widley is served by the A3(T), trunk road which runs from Portsmouth...
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    sources to north and south of Waterlooville these flow west around Portsdown Hill into a dammed section as the lake in the grounds of Southwick House...
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    the United Kingdom recommended that a line of forts be built along Portsdown Hill. The western end of this line was Fort Wallington. Building of the fort...
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    of Hampshire, is one of five defensive forts built on the summit of Portsdown Hill in the 1860s, overlooking the important naval base of Portsmouth. It...
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    then bisects off to Southwick and Portsdown Hill. Fort Purbrook is another attraction just located off Portsdown Hill. It is home to an activity centre...
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    north coast, bordering Portsbridge Creek and the mainland.[page needed] Portsdown Hill dominates the skyline in the north, and contains several large Palmerston...
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    Portsmouth, and from the market town of Fareham. Portchester Castle Portsdown Hill – Including Portchester Common a Site of Special Scientific Interest...
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    Portsdown is a 69.1-hectare (171-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on Portsdown Hill, on the northern outskirts of Portsmouth in Hampshire...
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    to Chichester is still followed today by local roads, passing behind Portsdown Hill to the north of Portsmouth Harbour and then onwards via Havant. In contrast...
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    survive Chute Lodge, Wiltshire, near Andover (c. 1768) Purbrook Park, Portsdown Hill, Hampshire (c. 1770) – the first recreation of a Roman atrium in England;...
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    original on 12 January 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2008. The Flints from Portsdown Hill Archived 13 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine Flint vs Chert Authentic...
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    design of the Obelisk of Axum influenced that of the Nelson Monument, Portsdown Hill, near Portsmouth Harbour, for which Fremantle raised the funds. The...
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    expanded around the village and both east and west along the slopes of Portsdown Hill. It has been for many years a local route centre as a pinch point for...
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    by the fortification and garrisoning of the Isle of Wight and also Portsdown Hill, the ridge which overlooks Portsmouth from the north. Burgoyne also...
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    monument to Nelson in Liverpool. In Portsmouth, Nelson's Needle, on top of Portsdown Hill, was paid for by the company of HMS Victory after arriving back in Portsmouth...
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    Millbank, 1903-5) and Portsmouth (Queen Alexandra Military Hospital, Portsdown Hill, 1904-7); these were the last new general military hospitals to be built...
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    ISBN 978-1-4020-6806-5. "Introduction to Ammonoidea". The Geology of Portsdown Hill. Archived from the original on 2 May 2007. Retrieved 2007-04-26. Rowe...
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    Emsworth, another town which is contiguous with Havant. To the west is Portsdown Hill and part of Bedhampton. The A3(M) passes to the west. There are several...
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    toward the rest of the island. There are good views north to Portsdown Hill and Butser Hill. Sinah Beach extends from the Ferry Boat Inn at the western...
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    View of Portsmouth and Portsea Island from Portsdown Hill, UK...
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  • Other locations have the same names. Portsdown Hill (Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK) Port's Hill (dún; Anglosaxon) Hill. Punkaharju Ridge (South Savo, Finland);...
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    Common North Side and East Hill, and goes through Wandsworth, and then the A205 carries on west towards Richmond. On West Hill, just east of the Tibbets...
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