Fort Monkton, Victorian era fortification for Gosport and Portsmouth Dockyard
Fort Monckton is a historic military fort on the eastern end of Stokes Bay, Gosport, Hampshire. Built to protect Portsmouth harbour at the start of the American War of Independence, it was rebuilt in the 1880s as a Palmerston fort. Construction of a defensive fort was started on the site in 1779 and completed just before the French Revolution of 1793. Virtually abandoned after World War II, the fort was however retained by the Ministry of Defence[10] and now remains the only fort in the Portsmouth area retained within MoD ownership. Located next to the Stokes Bay Golf Course, much of the original fort still exists including the bastions, sea facing casemates, guard room, one of the caponiers and the ditch. Now referred to as Military Training Establishment by the British Army, it is occupied by the Ministry of Defence, and it is alleged that it is now the Secret Intelligence Service's field operations training centre, where both basic and advanced field training is given to SIS personnel., as well as providing liaison training with others services including the Special Air Service and Special Boat Service.
Size: 4607px × 3291px
Location: Unnamed Road, Gosport PO12, UK
Photo credit: © Niall Ferguson / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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