Books published by the Palmerston Forts Society

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Society Published Articles - The Redan

The Palmerston Forts Society provides its members with an annual journal "The Redan". The articles within the Redan are the results of individual members' research and cover all manner of subjects. The Redan has been published since 1986 and as a result it is a rich source of information for PFS members on all matters relating to Victorian Fortifications.

Below are a few samples of Redan articles taken from the back issues of the Redan which give a taste of the diverse nature of the articles published:

• The married life of a soldier -
• The defences of the Mersey -
• Billiards in the forts -

To get an idea of what research articles are contained within the past issues of the Redan, the following document is a complete index from 1986 to 2024.

All the past issues of the Redan are available for members to view/download within the members area of the web site which can be entered by keying in a user name and password into the input fields in the top right of the page.

Fort Log

Fort Log is a series of research documents designed to give the reader the key points and summarised information about each Victorian Fort & Battery within Great Britain. Like the Redan articles, the Fort Logs are the result of individual member's research and have been accumulated since their inception since 1993.

To date 267 individual Fort Logs are available to the members covering Forts and Batteries from Orkney to Guernsey, and many places in-between. They are included within the index document above.

A Sample Fort Logs are given below:

Fort Rowner - Liscard Battery -

Fort Log like the Redan is a rich source of information about the Victorian Forts and Batteries of Great Britain, and the format given enables them to be used as field guides. All 267 Fort Logs are available in the members section of the web-site to be downloaded together with some useful maps to help identify the location of each site.