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General Information

Completion: 1758
Status: disused

Project Type

Function / usage: Fortress

Location

Location: , , , , ,
Coordinates: 51° 23' 14" N    0° 31' 33" E
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Technical Information

Materials

retaining wall brick

Chronology

1758

Fort Amherst redoubt completed.

1770

The Fort is extended and the ditches are revetted.

1802 — 1811

Extension of the tunnels.

Notes

Fort Amherst is described as the most complete Napoleonic fortification in Britain. It is under the care of the Fort Amherst Heritage Trust.

Participants

Design

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  • Structure-ID
    20059486
  • Published on:
    19/03/2011
  • Last updated on:
    28/05/2021
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