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...

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

Several of the forts surrounding Plymouth were built as a result of a decision in Lord Palmerston's premiership to deter the French from attacking naval...

1859 Royal Commission. The fort is one of four built as part of the Palmerston Forts constructions. Located in the Solent, near Portsmouth, England, and...

association football team Palmerston Football Club, an Australian Aussie Rules team Palmerston Forts, also known as Palmerston's Follies, a series of 19th-century...

The current buildings were constructed in the 1860s as one of the Palmerston Forts to provide protection to the ports of the Bristol Channel, and was...

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

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...

was fortified with ten 7-inch rifled muzzle loaders as one of the Palmerston Forts for the coastal defence of the Bristol Channel until it was abandoned...

(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...

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...

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (20 October 1784 – 18 October 1865), known as Lord Palmerston, was a British statesman and politician who served...

Fort Brockhurst is one of the Palmerston Forts, in Gosport, England, and a scheduled monument. It is now an English Heritage property. Fort Brockhurst...

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...

enemy hands. In two forts, Fort Darnet and Fort Hoo, the casemates formed a complete circle; other circular works were built as sea forts with foundations...

scale enemy invasion by sea, particularly from France. Palmerston ordered a series of coastal forts and batteries to be built in this area to defend the...

Newhaven Fort is a Palmerston fort built in the 19th century to defend the harbour at Newhaven, on the south coast of England. It was the largest defence...

Hampshire, England. The fort is one of four built as part of the Palmerston Forts constructions. It is 200 feet (61 m) across, built between 1865 and...

rebuilt in the 1880s as a Palmerston fort. It now houses a training centre for the intelligence services. A Henrican fort, variously titled Hasleworth...

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...

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...

the island. The Palmerston Forts are forts built during the Victorian era. The name comes from their association with Lord Palmerston, who was the Prime...

The Palmerston Forts (19th-century fortifications built to defend Britain from a perceived French threat) in the Isle of Portland area, Dorset, England...

Palmerston Forts built around the River Clyde include: Ardhallow Battery, Dunoon Fort Matilda, Greenock Portkil Battery, Clyde...

The Palmerston Forts along the north bank of the Thames River and East Anglia include: Beacon Hill Battery, Harwich Coalhouse Fort, East Tilbury East Tilbury...

2018 Palmerston Forts Society Victorian Forts data sheet on Fort Purbrook Victorian Forts data sheet on Fort Widley Victorian Forts data sheet on Fort Southwick...

The Palmerston Forts around Milford Haven include: Fort Hubberstone Popton Fort Scoveston Fort South Hook Fort Stack Rock Fort Thorn Island Fort Llanion...

with more advanced drawbridges. Drawbridges were also used on forts with Palmerston Forts using them in the form of Guthrie rolling bridges. Drawbridges...

Captain Edmund Frederick Du Cane as one of Lord Palmerston's last forts and was the largest of the forts of Plymouth's North Eastern defences, whose purpose...

related to Fort Southwick. Palmerston Fort Society Victorian Forts data sheet Fort Southwick Fort Southwick UGHQ Walk the Story > Fort Southwick Fort Southwick...