Bridleway to "The Old Fort" at Box Hill
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Bridleway to "The Old Fort" at Box Hill
Image: © Sean Davis Taken: 5 Sep 2010
Box Hill Fort was one of 13 Mobilisation Centres built between 1889 and 1903 as part of the London Defence Scheme. They stretched in a line from Epping to Guildford thus protecting London from the possibility of invasion from the Continent (especially France) on its eastern and southern sides. The main purpose of the forts was for the storage of ammunitions to be used by local service personnel in the event of an invasion. The fort is now a scheduled "Ancient Monument", owned by the National Trust and home to three species of bats who have taken up residence in the old ammunition tunnels. As bats are a protected species the interior of the fort is not open to the public, but you can freely wander around the exterior.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.249668
Longitude
-0.313502