Fort Gomer

About

Fort Gomer is a fort in south east. Established 1858. According to Wikipedia: "Fort Gomer was one of the Palmerston Forts, in Gosport, England, the southernmost and first-built Polygonal fort in the defence line to the west of Gosport. It was located on land immediately to the west of the present Gomer Lane. Fort Gomer was the most southerly fort in the line of five which formed part of the ‘Sea Front and Spithead Defences’, Inner Line, Land Front, Left Flank. This line of forts was later known as the Gomer-Elson Line or 'Gosport Advanced Line' This consisted of, from south to north, Fort Gomer, Fort Grange, Fort Rowner, Fort Brockhurst and Fort Elson. An inscription above the main entrance through the barrack block read `Erected AD 1853’. The fort was almost complete before work began on Fort Elson in 1855."

Coordinates

50.7910, -1.1663

Established

1858

Sources

• osm: w305692493 (ODbL)
• wikipedia: Fort Gomer (CC BY-SA 4.0)
• commons: Fort Gomer Plan.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)