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Fortress Study Group

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The Fortress Study Group is an international charity registered in the UK, which aims to further the understanding of military fortifications, particularly those designed after the introduction of gunpowder artillery. [1]

15 relations: Andrew Saunders, Artillery, Chapel Bay Fort, Council for British Archaeology, Duke of Gloucester, Fort Amherst, Fort Nelson, Hampshire, Fortification, Harwich Redoubt, Ian V. Hogg, Jock Hamilton-Baillie, Newhaven Fort, Pembroke College, Oxford, Quentin Hughes (architect), The Needles Battery.

Andrew Saunders

Andrew Saunders (22 September 1931 – 13 March 2009) was an internationally recognised expert in artillery fortifications and Chief Inspector of Ancient Monuments and Historic Buildings in the UK between 1973 and 1989.

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Artillery

Artillery is a class of large military weapons built to fire munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry's small arms.

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Chapel Bay Fort

Chapel Bay Fort is located on the southern shore of the Milford Haven Waterway, Pembrokeshire, Wales.

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Council for British Archaeology

The Council for British Archaeology (CBA) was established in 1944 and is an educational charity working throughout the United Kingdom to involve people in archaeology and to promote the appreciation and care of the historic environment for the benefit of present and future generations.

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Duke of Gloucester

Duke of Gloucester is a British royal title (after Gloucester), often conferred on one of the sons of the reigning monarch.

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Fort Amherst

Fort Amherst, in Medway, South East England, was constructed in 1756 at the southern end of the Brompton lines of defence to protect the southeastern approaches to Chatham Dockyard and the River Medway against a French invasion.

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Fort Nelson, Hampshire

Fort Nelson, in the civil parish of Boarhunt in the English county of Hampshire, is one of five defensive forts built on the summit of Portsdown Hill in the 1860s, overlooking the important naval base of Portsmouth.

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Fortification

A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare; and is also used to solidify rule in a region during peacetime.

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Harwich Redoubt

Harwich Redoubt is a circular fort built in 1808 to defend the port of Harwich, Essex from Napoleonic invasion.

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Ian V. Hogg

Ian Vernon Hogg (1926 – 7 March 2002) was a British author of books on firearms, artillery, ammunition, and fortification, as well as biographies of several famous general officers.

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Jock Hamilton-Baillie

John Robert Edward "Jock" Hamilton-Baillie MC (1 March 1919 – 16 April 2003), was a British Royal Engineers officer famed for numerous escapes from German prisoner of war camps during World War II.

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Newhaven Fort

Newhaven Fort is a Palmerston fort built in the 19th century to defend the harbour at Newhaven, on the south coast of England.

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Pembroke College, Oxford

Pembroke College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England, located in Pembroke Square.

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Quentin Hughes (architect)

James Quentin Hughes, (28 February 1920 – 8 May 2004) was an architect and academic.

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The Needles Battery

The Needles Battery is a military Battery built above the Needles stacks in 1861–63 to guard the West end of the Solent.

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Redirects here:

Fort: The International Journal of Military Architecture.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortress_Study_Group

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