Palmerston Forts, North East England
The Palmerston Forts around the north east of England include: *Abbs Point Battery, Roker, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, Sunderland *Cemetery Battery, Hartlepool *Frenchman's Battery, South Shields *Heugh Battery (Hartlepool Battery), Hartlepool *Lighthouse Battery, Hartlepool *Fort Paull, Kingston upon Hull *South Gare Battery, Redcar and Cleveland *Spanish Battery, Tynemouth *Tynemouth Castle, Tynemouth *Wave Basin Battery, Sunderland {{DEFAULTSORT:Palmerston Forts around North East England Lists of Palmerston Forts, *North east ...
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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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