Fort Gilkicker
Forts in PortsmouthGrade II* listed buildings in HampshirePalmerston FortsUse British English from June 2019
Fort Gilkicker is a historic Palmerston fort built at the eastern end of Stokes Bay, Gosport, Hampshire England to dominate the key anchorage of Spithead. It was erected between 1863 and 1871 as a semi-circular arc with 22 casemates, to be armed with five twelve-inch guns, seventeen ten-inch guns and five nine-inch guns. The actual installed armament rather differed from this. In 1902 the RML guns were replaced by two 9.2-inch and two six-inch BL guns, and before the First World War the walls were further strengthened with substantial earthwork embankments. The fort was disarmed in 1956 and used for storage until 1999, and is currently in a state of disrepair.
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N 50.7742 ° | E -1.1408 ° |
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Fort Gilkicker
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PO12 2AT , Clayhall
England, United Kingdom
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