Palmerston Forts, Milford Haven
{{Use dmy dates, date=April 2022 The Palmerston Forts around Milford Haven include: * Fort Hubberstone * Popton Fort * Scoveston Fort * South Hook Fort * Stack Rock Fort * Thorn Island Fort * Llanion Battery * St Catherine's Fort, Tenby *Chapel Bay Fort * West Blockhouse Fort *Dale Fort Dale Fort is a mid-19th-century coastal artillery fort at Dale Head, a rocky promontory near Dale, Pembrokeshire, west of Milford Haven in Wales. It is one of the centres run by Field Studies Council and offers residential and non-residential fi ... * East and West Blockhouses Forts in Pembrokeshire History of Pembrokeshire Military history of Pembrokeshire *Milford Haven ...
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Palmerston Forts
The Palmerston Forts are a group of forts and associated structures around the coasts of the United Kingdom and Ireland. The forts were built during the Victorian period on the recommendations of the 1860 Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom, prompted by concerns about the strength of the French Navy, and strenuous debate in Parliament about whether the cost could be justified. The name comes from their association with Lord Palmerston, who was Prime Minister at the time and promoted the idea. The works were also known as Palmerston's Follies, partly because the first ones which were around Portsmouth, had their main armament facing inland to protect Portsmouth from a land-based attack, and thus (as it appeared to some) facing the wrong way to defend from a French attack. The name also derived from the use of the term "folly" to indicate " a costly ornamental building with no practical value". They were criticized because at the time of their completion, the th ...
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