HISTORY OF FORT BROCKHURST Forts Gomer, Grange, Rowner, Brockhurst and Elson formed the 'Gosport Advanced Line' built in the early 1850s at a range of 2-3 miles from the Portsmouth docks aimed at preventing at an enemy force proceeding down the Gosport peninsula and bombarding the Royal Navy's primary dockyard. Built to a polygonal shape with caponiers to protect the ramparts and vaulted casemated guns, the fort represented the forefront of fortification design (which by this stage had moved away from the star/bastioned design of forts such as Tilbury and the Royal Citadel) whilst the rounded keep and flooded moat took inspiration from earlier ages. The five forts were situated within firing range of each other and thus whilst not a continuous physical line, they were able to fire on any attacker attempting to breach the defences. The 1860 Royal Commission, which initiated a massive building programme of forts around all Royal Navy dockyards as a response to the threat from Napoleon III, suggested replacement of the five Gosport forts with fortifications further West. This was rejected on cost grounds and Fort Brockhurst, along with her sister forts of the Gosport Advanced Line, remained in commission. The invasion fears came to nothing and for most of the life of Fort Brockhurst it was simply used as accommodation for military personnel. Other than some bomb damage sustained during World War II it never saw action and was released by the military in the 1960s.
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This cache is in a small container with a log book in a plastic bag.Bring your own pen to sign the log. Please replace carefully cache back with care and in the same place and secure enough so it doesn't fall out thank you.
This area can have a high muggle presence so some stealth may be required. Happy Hunting.