Fortress · England · Restored
Spitbank Fort
Spitbank Fort is a circular sea fort in the Solent, constructed as part of the Palmerston Forts to defend Portsmouth. Built of masonry with armour plating on the seaward face, it contains a single main floor with an inner ring of casemates and a basement. The fort has served as a military installation, museum and private hotel in modern times.
First raised
1887
Its prime
1878
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1878
What Spitbank Fort looked like in its prime.
A low, squat circular masonry drum rising directly from the sea with dark iron armour plates on the seaward face and a broad flat gun-deck around the top of the ring. Inside that ring are red-brick casemate walls and openings that surround a central open parade/courtyard; narrow stair hatches and service doors lead down to a basement. The overall palette is grey stone, dark iron plating and red-brown brick, 49.4 metres across at the base, with gun embrasures punctuating the outer wall.
Step inside
8 places to explore in 1878.
The record describes 8 distinct spots at Spitbank Fort — including 4 interiors: seaward gun battery (casemate embrasures), landward-facing gun positions, casemate interior and service corridor and more. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more of the immersive experience.
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