Fort Warden

A bigger battery, with an eight gun proposal, was initially intended, but this coastal protection barbette battery was finished in 1863. But then a lot of other things happened, and it ended up being the standard for all the batteries in and around the Solent.

1862/63

• 4 * 7-inch R.M.L.,s 4 * 9-inch R.M.L.s

1893

• 8 * 9-inch R.M.L.

1892/93

• 4 * 9-inch R.M.L.
• 1 * 9-inch H.A. experimental
• 1 * 9-inch L.R. experimental

1901/02

• 4 * 6-inch B.L. Mk VIII with 3 * 9.2-inch B.L.

1907

• 2 * 63 pounder QF guns added

On the side facing the water, the fort had a wall with loopholes and canopies at the southeast and northeast corners for defence. On the east wall, opposite the gorge wall’s entrance, was a canopier for further security.

In 1957, the land was sold and turned into a campground; more recently, it has been rebuilt for residential use.

• Fort Warden – PDF

• PDF’s are reproduced with kind permission of the Palmerstonforts Society