Brean Down Fort

fort in Somerset, England, UK

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1864 Multi-period site on Brean Down, Brean Down Camp  site, artillery fort, contour fort, Bristol Channel Palmerston Forts, United Kingdom

• Historic England scheduled monument^@
• Freebase entry^@
• Frontline Ulster article^@
• Subterranean History article^@
• Victorian Forts and Artillery article^@

Location: 51.3277, -3.0346, ///saloons.birthing.unfocused, Google, Bing, Aerial View, OldMapsOnline, ESRI Imagery, Historic Markers, KML, NLS, OS,  eDoB, 

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Frameless

Approaching the Fort - geograph.org.uk - 586711

Bean Down fort - geograph.org.uk - 1250380

Brean Down - Brean Down Fort

Brean Down ends here - geograph.org.uk - 1250343

Brean Down Fort and site of old Nissen Huts (geograph 2051014)

Breandownfortenginehouse

Breandownfortfromnorth

Breandownfortfromsouthpath

Brean Down fort (geograph 2571003)

Brean Down Fort - geograph.org.uk - 126610

Breandownfortgunemplacement

Breandownfort

Breandownfortofficersquarters

Brean Down Fort. - panoramio

Brean fort ammo stores (2175085054)

Derelict part of Brean Down Fort, Somerset (3000006396)

Derelict WWII canteen and mess room. (2999196465)

Dismantled Fort at the tip of Brean Down, North Somerset - geograph.org.uk - 1602119

Go no further - geograph.org.uk - 584964

Old fort on Brean Down (geograph 1902153)

Old Gun Emplacement, Brean Down Fort. - panoramio

Old mounting bolts at Brean down fort, Somerset (3000010628)

Steep Holm island from the headland of Brean Down, Weston - geograph.org.uk - 1602096

Thrift on SW west slope at Brean Down Fort - geograph.org.uk - 926975

View from the fort - geograph.org.uk - 586752

• Brean Down Fort datasheet (Warlike)

Type	Date	Description	Keywords	Notes	Source
link		Historic England scheduled monument@			Wikidata
link		Freebase entry@			Wikidata
link		Frontline Ulster article@			Wikidata
link		Subterranean History article@			Wikidata
link		Victorian Forts and Artillery article@			Wikidata
vessel		Newport Medieval Ship	tripadvisor		Wikidata
fort		Anti-aircraft and Coastal Battery West of Lavernock Point			Wikidata
fort	1864	Brean Down Fort			Wikidata
fort		Flat Holm Coastal and Anti-aircraft Defences			Wikidata
fort		Garden Battery			Wikidata
fort		Laboratory Battery			Wikidata
fort		Lavernock Battery			Wikidata
fort		Summerhouse Fort			Wikidata
fort		Summit Battery			Wikidata
fort		Three Palmerstonian Gun Batteries, Flat Holm			Wikidata
museum		Barry War Museum	tripadvisor		Wikidata
museum	2010	Firing Line: Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier	tripadvisor		Wikidata
museum		Glamorgan Wartime Heritage Centre	tripadvisor		Wikidata
walls	1111	Cardiff town walls			Wikidata
walls		Daw's Castle			Wikidata
walls		Newport Town Defences			Wikidata
walls		Penmark Village Defences			Wikidata
document		Brean Down Fort datasheet	Victorian Forts	2 pages	Warlike
image	2007	Approaching the Fort - geograph.org.uk - 586711			Wikimedia
image	2009	Bean Down fort - geograph.org.uk - 1250380			Wikimedia
image	2011	Brean Down - Brean Down Fort			Wikimedia
image	2009	Brean Down ends here - geograph.org.uk - 1250343			Wikimedia
image	2010	Brean Down Fort and site of old Nissen Huts (geograph 2051014)			Wikimedia
image	2008	Breandownfortenginehouse			Wikimedia
image	2008	Breandownfortfromnorth			Wikimedia
image	2008	Breandownfortfromsouthpath			Wikimedia
image	2011	Brean Down fort (geograph 2571003)			Wikimedia
image	2005	Brean Down Fort - geograph.org.uk - 126610			Wikimedia
image	2008	Breandownfortgunemplacement			Wikimedia
image	2008	Breandownfort			Wikimedia
image	2008	Breandownfortofficersquarters			Wikimedia
image	2008	Brean Down Fort. - panoramio			Wikimedia
image	2008	Brean fort ammo stores (2175085054)			Wikimedia
image	2008	Derelict part of Brean Down Fort, Somerset (3000006396)			Wikimedia
image	2008	Derelict WWII canteen and mess room. (2999196465)			Wikimedia
image	2009	Dismantled Fort at the tip of Brean Down, North Somerset - geograph.org.uk - 1602119			Wikimedia
image	2007	Go no further - geograph.org.uk - 584964			Wikimedia
image	2009	Old fort on Brean Down (geograph 1902153)			Wikimedia
image	2008	Old Gun Emplacement, Brean Down Fort. - panoramio			Wikimedia
image	2008	Old mounting bolts at Brean down fort, Somerset (3000010628)			Wikimedia
image	2009	Steep Holm island from the headland of Brean Down, Weston - geograph.org.uk - 1602096			Wikimedia
image	2008	Thrift on SW west slope at Brean Down Fort - geograph.org.uk - 926975			Wikimedia
image	2007	View from the fort - geograph.org.uk - 586752			Wikimedia