Title

Fort Brockhurst, Gunners Way, Gosport, Hampshire, 2000

Caption

Fort Brockhurst, Gunners Way, Gosport, Hampshire, 2000. Fort Brockhurst is one of a series of forts built in the 1860s to defend the area around the major naval bases of Gosport and Portsmouth, Hampshire. It was designed to take heavy artillery, with a wide moat and 'caponiers' at the angles of the fort for self defence.

Date

2000

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive

Reference

HRM19A79_097

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

51,1Mb (3,6Mb) / 15,5in x 12,8in / 4641 x 3848 (300dpi)

Keywords

nature exterior water tree building buildings England fort plant color colour hampshire archaeology fortification century self defence MOAT outside archeology 19th century nineteenth century archeological site English Heritage caponier Fort Brockhurst Gosport Gunners Way TGN photograph P Williams Williams P photograph