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Stanwick Iron Age Fortifications
by Mick Garratt geograph for square NZ1712 Part of the ditch excavated by Sir Mortimer Wheeler in 1951/2.
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Roman fortifications, Verulamium
by Ian Capper geograph for square TL1306 Part of the fortifications of the Roman city of Verulamium.
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The Round Tower, Old Portsmouth
by David Dixon geograph for square SZ6299 The Round Tower is an old fortification at the entrance to Portsmouth Harbour.... (more)
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Plymouth harbour's Breakwater Fort
by Steve Fareham geograph for square SX4750 The stone section is from the Napoleonic war and the top section added in world... (more)
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Fortifications to the NE of Cliffe Fort
by Ian Cunliffe geograph for square TQ7076 These fortifications are a couple of hundred metres to the NE of the main fort.... (more)
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The Round Tower looks out to sea
by Steve Daniels geograph for square SZ6299 The Round Tower is a 1490 fortification at the entrance to Portsmouth harbour.
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The fortification around Segsbury Castle
by Steve Daniels geograph for square SU3884 Tags:
Fortification
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
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Ramparts and Fortifications on Bratton Camp
by Chris Heaton geograph for square ST9051 Section of the earthworks at the iron age hillfort of Bratton Camp
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DitchX
FortificationsX
type:GeographX
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
Iron Age HillfortX
wessex ridgeway:Long Distance FootpathX
RampartsX
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Section of Fortifications on Battlesbury Camp
by Chris Heaton geograph for square ST8945 Part of the Iron Age Hillfort of circa 100BC of Battlesbury Camp on the edge of... (more)
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FortificationsX
type:GeographX
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
Iron Age HillfortX
RampartsX
long distance footpath:Wessex RidgewayX
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Western Ramparts and Fortifications of Battlesbury Camp
by Chris Heaton geograph for square ST8945 Part of the Iron Age Hillfort of circa 100BC.
The western side is very steep... (more)
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FortificationsX
type:GeographX
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
Iron Age HillfortX
RampartsX
Steep EmbankmentX
long distance footpath:Wessex RidgewayX
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Fortifications and Ramparts on Battlesbury Camp
by Chris Heaton geograph for square ST9045 The Wessex Ridgeway follows the ramparts around the southern portion of the iron... (more)
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FortificationsX
type:GeographX
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
Iron Age HillfortX
RampartsX
long distance footpath:Wessex RidgewayX
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Morning Point Battery
by Des Blenkinsopp geograph for square SV9009 Part of the fortifications around The Garrison, a heavily defended bastion on St... (more)
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The Square Tower and Victoria Pier
by Steve Daniels geograph for square SZ6399 The Square Tower is one of the oldest parts of the fortifications of Portsmouth.... (more)
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Cannons at Fort George
by Oliver Dixon geograph for square NH7556 Fortifications at the tip of the peninsula jutting out into the Moray Firth.
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CannonsX
top:Defence, MilitaryX
subject:FortX
FortX
FortificationsX
type:GeographX
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
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Fortification, Rathmullan
by Kenneth Allen geograph for square C2927 A stronghold built by the British and there's half a dozen of them in Lough... (more)
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Dale Fort
by Oliver Dixon geograph for square SM8205 Some of the old fortifications are still standing. In the distance can be seen... (more)
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Castlebeach Bay and Dale Fort
by Oliver Dixon geograph for square SM8105 Some of the old fortifications can be seen on the headland.
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The Round Tower
by Barry Shimmon geograph for square SZ6299 The Round Tower was the first of a series of permanent fortifications that were... (more)
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top:Defence, MilitaryX
FortificationsX
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
place:Old PortsmouthX
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The Ravelin, Huntly Castle
by Stanley Howe geograph for square NJ5340 Site of an outer fortification dating from ca.1640.
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The Bulwark on the Dodman
by David Smith geograph for square SW9939 This earthwork, with a path through it, is part of the defensive fortification... (more)
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Fortifications to the NE of Cliffe Fort
by Ian Cunliffe geograph for square TQ7076 Perhaps someone with local knowledge can say what these are? They're some... (more)
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2011 : Fortifications Battlesbury Hill
by Maurice Pullin geograph for square ST9045 For more photographs and a detailed description of Battlesbury see:... (more)
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place:Battlesbury HillX
top:Boundary, BarrierX
FortificationsX
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
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Covered Way
by Chris Heaton geograph for square NU0053 Marked on the definitive map as "Covered Way"
Apparently it once was... (more)
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View towards the Brass Bastion
by Chris Heaton geograph for square NU0053 Part of the Elizabethan Ramparts of Italian design - the biggest single... (more)
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Double Dike
by Pauline E geograph for square SE8594 From the bridleway on Saltergate Brow.
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Point Barracks next to the Round Tower
by Steve Daniels geograph for square SZ6299 |
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The entrance to the Round Tower
by Steve Daniels geograph for square SZ6299 The stone tower was built in the 1490s.
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Perch Rock Fort, New Brighton
by Colin Park geograph for square SJ3094 |
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The embankment around Segsbury Castle
by Steve Daniels geograph for square SU3884 Tags:
Fortification
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
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Earthworks around Segsbury Castle
by Steve Daniels geograph for square SU3884 Tags:
Fortification
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
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Ditch round Segsbury Castle
by Steve Daniels geograph for square SU3884 |
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Looking across the ditch at Segsbury Castle
by Steve Daniels geograph for square SU3884 |
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The ditch around Segsbury Castle
by Steve Daniels geograph for square SU3884 |
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Southern slopes of Segsbury Castle
by Steve Daniels geograph for square SU3884 Tags:
Fortification
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
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Arundel Castle
by Alan Hunt geograph for square TQ0107 The curtain wall and the Bevis tower. The Fitzallen horse and the Howard lion... (more)
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Ditches and Embankments on Battlesbury Camp
by Chris Heaton geograph for square ST8945 Section of defensive barriers that encircle Battlesbury Camp - a 2000 year old... (more)
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DitchX
EmbankmentsX
FortificationsX
type:GeographX
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
Iron Age HillfortX
long distance footpath:Wessex RidgewayX
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Cannons at Woolpack Battery
by Des Blenkinsopp geograph for square SV8909 Part of the defences around The Garrison.
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CannonsX
top:Defence, MilitaryX
Fortification
type:GeographX
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
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Moat by the curtain wall on the King's Bastion
by Steve Daniels geograph for square SZ6399 |
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Galleries in the West Curtain by Broad Street
by Steve Daniels geograph for square SZ6299 |
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Fort George, the principal ditch
by Alan Murray-Rust geograph for square NH7656 Separating the Ravelin (right) from the outer defences (left). Prince of Wales... (more)
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listed building:Category AX
top:Defence, MilitaryX
Dry MoatX
place:Fort GeorgeX
FortificationsX
type:GeographX
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
period:Mid 18th CenturyX
Scheduled MonumentX
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Drawbridge entrance into Fort George
by Oliver Dixon geograph for square NH7656 Although a working barracks, Fort George is also a popular visitor attraction.
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top:Defence, MilitaryX
DrawbridgeX
FortX
FortificationsX
type:GeographX
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
MoatX
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South side of the Fort George peninsula
by Oliver Dixon geograph for square NH7656 Looking across a rather misty Moray Firth to Chanonry Point NH7555.
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CoastX
top:CoastalX
top:Defence, MilitaryX
FortX
FortificationsX
type:GeographX
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
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Garrison church at Fort George
by Oliver Dixon geograph for square NH7656 Tucked into the tip of the heavily fortified peninsula on the Moray Firth.
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subject:ChurchX
ChurchX
FortX
FortificationsX
type:GeographX
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
top:Religious SitesX
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The Battery, Lamer Island
by Stephen McKay geograph for square NT6879 The Battery was built in 1781 to defend Dunbar Harbour after an incident in... (more)
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BatteryX
top:CoastalX
top:Defence, MilitaryX
Fortification
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
subject:WallX
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The missing word is "down"
by Richard Webb geograph for square NS3322 Alarmingly leaning walls on Cromwell's Citadel, Ayr.
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top:Defence, MilitaryX
top:Derelict, DisusedX
FortificationsX
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
national cycle network:Route 7X
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The Saluting Platform in Portsmouth
by Steve Daniels geograph for square SZ6399 The battery on the walls here became known as the Saluting Platform, since the... (more)
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Walkway over the Sallyport
by Steve Daniels geograph for square SZ6299 |
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Nothe Fort, Weymouth
by Malc McDonald geograph for square SY6878 |
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Ancient earthworks at Wormegay, Norfolk
by Richard Humphrey geograph for square TF6512 Tags:
Ancient EarthworksX
BankX
CastleX
DitchX
subject:EarthworkX
FortificationsX
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
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Spitbank (Spitsand) Fort in The Solent
by David Dixon for square SZ6397 Spitbank Fort, alternatively known as Spitsand Fort or Spit Sand Fort or simply... (more)
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