| Coastal defence, CastlesSaxton's Hampshire 1575 |
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| coastal defence |
Saxton's map of Hampshire shows most of the active coastal
defence castles: Hurst, Calshot, Netley, St Andrew's,
Southsey and Lumps Fort east of Southsea. At Portsmouth
and Southampton it is possible, under the heavy red applied
by the colourist, to see town walls and bastions; for
example at Portsmouth:-
Norden's map of Hampshire, 1595-1607, marked the ruins of Worth castle, but left off Lumps Fort. In the late 16th century the possibility of invasion was real; the Armada came in 1588. |
| castles |
BEWARE: to get back to this list after clicking on an item,
use the back button. 'modern' name (parish; ngr) = old name if given The list includes inland castles as well as the coastal defences. |
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Calshot Castle (Fawley parish; SU488025) = Calshot castel |
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Hurst Castle (Milford-on-Sea parish; SZ3189) = Hurst castel |
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Lumps Fort (Portsmouth parish; SZ657982) = blockhowse, The |
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Netley Castle (Hound parish) = Netley cast |
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Odiham Castle (Odiham parish) = Wharnboro cast |
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Portchester Castle (Fareham parish; SU6204) = Portchester |
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Southsea Castle (Portsmouth parish; SZ6498) = Southsey ca |
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St Andrew's Castle (Hamble parish; SU4806?)
= Sct Andros cast. |
References
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Saunders, A D: 1977: Hampshire Coastal Defence since
the Introduction of Artillery: Royal Archaeolgical
Institute:: with excellent references Saunders, Andrew: 1997: Channel Defences: Batsford:: ISBN 0 7134 7595 1 :: Defence of the Realm: (unpublished):: interpretive planning for Portsmouth and the surrounding area Fox, Russell: 1991 (Nov): Portsmouth's Ramparts Revisited: Fortress: no 11: pp29-38 Williams-Freeman, J P: 1934: Coast of Hampshire, The: ProcHFC: 12: 218-220 Butchart, C B R: 1955: Hampshire Castles: Warren and Son (Winchester, Hampshire) |
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