Fort Gilkicker

About

Fort Gilkicker is a fort in south east. Established 1863. (Fort in Gosport, Hampshire, England.) According to Wikipedia: "Fort Gilkicker is a historic Palmerston fort built at the eastern end of Stokes Bay, Gosport, Hampshire England to dominate the key anchorage of Spithead. It was erected between 1863 and 1871 as a semi-circular arc with 22 casemates, to be armed with five twelve-inch guns, seventeen ten-inch guns and five nine-inch guns. The actual installed armament rather differed from this. In 1902 the RML guns were replaced by two 9.2-inch and two six-inch BL guns, and before the First World War the walls were further strengthened with substantial earthwork embankments. The fort was disarmed in 1956 and used for storage until 1999. On 28th July 2022, the fort was sold at auction for just under £1.4 million and planning has been granted for 26 homes."

Coordinates

50.7741, -1.1408

Established

1863

Sources

• osm: w1062178441 (ODbL)
• wikipedia: Fort Gilkicker (CC BY-SA 4.0)
• commons: Fort Gilkicker Rear View.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)