Tunnel through "Hilsea Lines Ramparts"
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Tunnel through "Hilsea Lines Ramparts"
Image: © Martyn Pattison Taken: 30 Apr 2006
This earthwork, which runs along the Northern edge of Portsea Island, formed the last line of defence from a land attack for Portsmouth. It was originally 2.5 miles long, 9m high and 20m wide. It had six bastions of bombproof casemates and immediately to the North of the ramparts is a moat Image], and then a few miles further north is Portsdown Hill, with its series of Palmerston Forts Image] Image] Image
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Image Location
Latitude
50.834302
Longitude
-1.063519