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- DOI:https://doi.org/10.5284/1000327
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Elongated hexagon-shaped fort, surrounded by a deep dry ditch. A Palmerston fort built between 1862-1867, it was recommissioned from 1938. It contained 3in guns, a spigot mortar, and 2 x Allan Williams turrets. The fort became the command post for the local artillery batteries and an HQ for the Home Guard. The RAF also had a radar station within the fort. The fort was abandoned after the war and was badly vandalised. In 1965 it was sold to the local council, and in 1967 passed to the National Trust who now lease it to a factory. Since then it has been kept in very good condition.
(Source: Field Visit 1998/08/31)
Coastal battery. Report gives NGR - SZ 624861. [information from 1954 aerial photographs].
(Source: Report 2000/05)
| Official Name | Bembridge Fort |
|---|---|
| Type of site | COAST BATTERY |
| Location | Bembridge Down, Sandown. |
| Area |
Sandown, Isle of Wight, England |
| Grid reference |
SZ 634 855
(Scale: 1:25000
, 1995)
|
| Period | WW2 |
| Condition | Good |
| Materials | Concrete, Reinforced Concrete, Steel |
| Recorder | Moore, C.D. |
| Defence grouping |
Isle of Wight coastal defences - Defences of the coast of the Isle of Wight. |
| Attached Sheets | (3) - extra sheets of information on the history of the fort. |
| Photographs |
.jpg)
(9) - site views (2 DIGITISED). |
| DOB site reference: | S0012144 |
| Reference |
2000/05 World War Two Coastal Batteries |
| Event |
Recommission, During 1938 Abandonment, In the period 1945 1955 Field Visit, On 1998/08/31 Sold, During 1965 |
