Forts · South East England
Fort Cumberland
In or near Portsmouth.
Fort Cumberland — Palmerston fort in Southsea.
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Fort Cumberland is a fort in south east. (Palmerston fort in Southsea.) According to Wikipedia: "Fort Cumberland is a pentagonal artillery fortification erected to guard the entrance to Langstone Harbour, east of the Dockyard of Portsmouth on the south coast of England. It was sited to protect the Royal Navy Dockyard, by preventing enemy forces from landing in Langstone Harbour and attacking from the landward side. Fort Cumberland is widely recognised as the finest example of a bastion trace fort in England. It is a scheduled monument and a Grade II* listed building"
- Coordinates
- 50.7888, -1.0340
Sources
- osm: w1062175191 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Fort Cumberland (England) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Inside Fort Cumberland - geograph.org.uk - 411752.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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