Defence of Britain Database Anti-invasion record: S0011293

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Coast artillery battery. One of four Victorian Iron Forts, the other three being the Breakwater Fort, Plymouth and two in Spithead Roads - No Man's Land Fort and Horse Sand Fort. Designed for 14 x 12.5in RML guns (38 tons). Only five were installed. These were removed by 1908 and can be seen still on the waterline by the fort. The fort was used in both WW1 and WW2. 2 x 6in Mk III guns (1918). The head is 200ft in diameter. The structure is a Grade II listed building.
(Source: Field Visit 1983)
Fort. [Dorset Sculpture Trust seek finds from Millennium Fund to turn site into an arts centre - 1995].
(Source: Field Visit 1995/11/04)
19th century fort in good condition. [information from 1963 aerial photographs].
(Source: Report 2001/05)

Official Name	Breakwater Fort
Type of site	COAST BATTERY
Location	Breakwater Fort (Chequered Fort), on Outer Breakwater, Portland
Area	Portland, Dorset, England
Grid reference	SY 7077 7622 (Scale: 1:2500 , 1958)
Period	WW2
Condition	Fair
Materials	Iron, Stone, Stone Rubble
Recorder	Perry, Reg (Friends of Portland Museum)
Defence grouping	Dorset coast defences - Defences of the Dorset coast line and immediate hinterland. Isle of Portland defences - Defences associated with the defence of the Isle of Portland.
Photographs	(23) - site, exterior, and interior views (3 DIGITISED) - Matthews.
DOB site reference:	S0011293
Associated Identifier	Grade II Listed Building (ref: [?])
Reference	Breakwater Fort, Portland, Dorset, Fort Record Book 1903 Weymouth and Portland Area: Portland: Breakwater Fort 1995 Military Dorset Today 1993 Weymouth and Portland at War 2000/05 World War Two Coastal Batteries
Event	Field Visit, During 1983 Field Visit, During 1986 Field Visit, On 1995/11/04 Construction, In the period 1940 1941