Built in the 1860s on the highest point of Bembridge Down (the Yarborough Monument had to be moved) on the orders of Lord Palmerston (Prime Minister), as part of a chain of defences designed to protect the naval docksyard at Portsmouth from Napoleon III
Bembridge Fort
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Type Forts
Source [object Object]
osm Type relation
osm Id 1705919
category forts
bunker Type null
military null
historic fort
building yes
wikidata Q4885077
wikipedia null
tags [object Object]
Access Public Access
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