Fort Cumberland (England)
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Fort Cumberland is a pentagonal artillery fortification erected to guard the entrance to Langstone Harbour, east of the Dockyard of Portsmouth on the south coast of England. It was sited to protect the Royal Navy Dockyard, by preventing enemy forces from landing in Langstone Harbour and attacking from the landward side. Fort Cumberland is widely recognised as the finest example of a bastion trace fort in England. It is a scheduled monument and a Grade II* listed building
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Fort Cumberland Road, Portsmouth Eastney
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N 50.788888888889 ° | E -1.0325 ° |
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English Heritage Centre for Archaeology, Fort Cumberland
Fort Cumberland Road
PO4 9LD Portsmouth, Eastney
England, United Kingdom
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