Palmerston Forts Society
ADEN
Forts Ras Morbut and Ras Tarshayne, Upper El Aineh Battery, Seera Battery, Telegraph Bay Battery
No web site found for these Victorian forts & batteries - they may or may not still exist.
ASCENSION ISLAND
Fort Bedford, Fort Hayes, Fort Thornton

 AUSTRALIA

Bare Island Fort (NSW) www.environment.nsw.gov.au/NationalParks/parkVenues.aspx?venue=20080707300010025
Ben Buckler Battery (NSW) www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/07_subnav_01_2.cfm?itemid=5056455
Bradleys Head (NSW) www.environment.nsw.gov.au/NationalParks/parkCultExplore.aspx?id=N0039#MilitaryrelicsatBradleysHead
Flagstaff Hill Fort (NSW) www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/07_subnav_01_2.cfm?itemid=2700124
Georges Head Battery (NSW) www.environment.nsw.gov.au/NationalParks/parkCultExplore.aspx?id=N0039#GeorgesHeadmilitaryrelics
Henry Head Battery (NSW) www.environment.nsw.gov.au/NationalParks/parkWalking.aspx?id=N0066#HenryHeadTrack
Middle Head Fort (NSW) www.environment.nsw.gov.au/NationalParks/parkLookouts.aspx?id=N0039#MiddleHead
North Fort (NSW) www.collectionsaustralia.net/org/102/about
Fort Scratchley (NSW) fortscratchley.org
Shark Point Battery (NSW) www.environment.nsw.gov.au/NationalParks/parkAccommodation.aspx?id=N0039#SteelePointCottage
Signal Hill Battery (NSW) www.woollahra.nsw.gov.au/library/local_history/local_history_fast_facts/s
Smiths Hill Fort (NSW) wollongongfort.org.au
Fort Lytton (Queensland) www.fortlytton.net.au
Fort Glanville (SA) www.fortglanville.com.au
Mulgrave Battery, Prince of Wales Battery, Prince Albert Battery (Tas) www.hobartcity.com.au/Recreation/Parks_and_Gardens
Queens Battery (Tas) www.hobartcity.com.au/Recreation/Bushland/Queens_Domain
Alexandra Battery (Tas) www.hobartcity.com.au/Recreation/Parks_and_Gardens
Kangaroo Bluff Battery (Tas) www.parks.tas.gov.au/index.aspx?base=2665
Fort Nepean, Fort Pearce (Victoria) www.melbourne.com.au/point-nepean-national-park.htm
Fort Queenscliff (Victoria) www.fortqueenscliff.com.au
South Channel Fort (Victoria) parkweb.vic.gov.au/explore/parks/point-nepean-national-park/things-to-do/south-channel-fort
Princess Royal Fortress (WA) www.albany.wa.gov.au/facilities/princess-royal-fortress

 BARBADOS

St. Anns Fort and Garrison Savannah
http://www.barbadosgarrison.org/index.html
BERMUDA
CANADA
Macaulay Point Battery (Esquimalt) www.esquimalt.ca/parksRecreation/parks/parkDescriptions.aspx
Fort Rodd Hill (Esquimalt) fortroddhill.com
Halifax Citadel www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/ns/halifax/index.aspx
Fort McNab, Ives Point Battery (Halifax) www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/ns/mcnab/index.aspx www.novascotiaparks.ca/parks/mcnabs.asp
York Redoubt, Connaught Battery (Halifax) www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/ns/york/index.aspx
Fort Frederick (Kingston) www.rmc.ca/cam/mus/history-histoire-eng.asp
Fort Henry (Kingston) www.forthenry.com
Prince Edward Battery (Prince Edward Island) www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=5379
Quebec Citadel www.lacitadelle.qc.ca/en.html
Lévis Fort Number 1 (Quebec) www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/qc/levis/natcul/natcul4.aspx
Signal Hill Batteries (St. John’s Newfoundland) www.pc.gc.ca/eng/lhn-nhs/nl/signalhill/natcul/histor.aspx
Gazetteer www.northamericanforts.com/Canada/canada.html
CEYLON - SRI LANKA
COLOMBO - Klippenburg Battery, Galle Faec Battery, Guard Battery, Enkhuysen Battery & Battenburg Battery No web site found for these Victorian batteries - they may or may not still exist
TRINCOMALEE - Fort Frederick, Fort Ostenberg, Wellesey Batery (Great Sober Island), Flagstaff Battery & Regent's Battery http://www.navy.lk/en/museum.html
GIBRALTAR
HONG KONG
 INDIA & PAKISTAN
BOMBAY - Batteries at Oyster Rock, Middle Ground, Malabar Point, Cross Island, Butcher's Island and Colaba Point No web site found for these Victorian forts & batteries - they may or may not still exist
CALCUTTA - Victorian defences did exist here - they may or may not still exist
KARACHI - Manera Fort, No web site found for these Victorian fort - it may or may not still exist
MADRAS - Fort St George & Beach Batteries No web site found for these Victorian forts & batteries - they may or may not still exist
 
JAMAICA
KINGSTON & PORT ROYAL
Victorian defences existed here together with a locally raised company of Artillery Volunteers. Whether batteries still exists?
 
KENYA
MOMBASA ISLAND Victorian defences existed here. Whether batteries still exists?
MALTA

 MAURITIUS

Port Louis - Fort George, Albert Battery, Fort William travelingluck.com/Africa/Mauritius/Port+Louis/_934491_Fort+George.html#local_map

NEW ZEALAND
North Head Batteries (Auckland) www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/historic/by-region/auckland/central-and-south-auckland/north-head-historic-reserve
Fort Takapuna (Auckland) www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/historic/by-region/auckland/central-and-south-auckland/fort-takapuna-historic-reserve
Fort Victoria (Auckland) www.devonportdirectory.co.nz/heritage.htm#victoria
Fort Taiaroa (Port Chalmers) www.albatross.org.nz
Harrington Point Battery (Port Chalmers) nzrifle.com/ml_harrington_point.htm
Battery Point Battery (Lyttelton) www.nzrifle.com/ml_battery_point.htm
Fort Jervois (Lyttelton) www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/historic/by-region/canterbury/christchurch-and-banks-peninsula/fort-jervois-ripapa-island
Fort Balance (Wellington) www.historic.org.nz/TheRegister/RegisterSearch/RegisterResults.aspx?RID=5074
Fort Buckley (Wellington) www.historic.org.nz/TheRegister/RegisterSearch/RegisterResults.aspx?RID=7544
Halswell Battery (Wellington) www.historic.org.nz/TheRegister/RegisterSearch/RegisterResults.aspx?RID=222
Garden Battery (Wellington) friendswbg.org.nz/downhill9.htm
Kau Point Battery (Wellington) www.historic.org.nz/TheRegister/RegisterSearch/RegisterResults.aspx?RID=7542
Gazetteer https://sites.google.com/site/nzcoastaldefences/home
St. HELENA
 
St. LUCIA
Castries Batteries - Vigie, La Toc and Morne guidetostlucia.com/castries-st-lucia
 
SIERRA LEONE
FREETOWN - Fort Thornton Hill Victorian defences existed here together with a locally raised company of Artillery Volunteers. Whether batteries still exists?
 
SINGAPORE
 
SOUTH AFRICA
Middle North Battery (Simonstown) http://www.simonstown.org/9%20inch%20rml.html
Fort Wynyard (Cape Town) https://www.facebook.com/Fort.Wynyard/


News

Volunteers needed to help get the big guns firing at Fort Nelson.

Volunteers are needed to help bring gun firing back to Fort Nelson in Portsmouth. The Portsdown Artillery Volunteers (PAV) were established to reenact the firing of the Victorian guns at Fort Nelson on Portsdown Hill and they are looking to recruit new volunteers to help both fire and maintain the mighty Victorian guns. If you are interested in joining the Portsdown Artillery Volunteers and demonstrating this forgotten part of Britain’s history, you can contact the team at enquiries@palmerstonfortssociety.org.uk or you can talk to some of the volunteers at their Fort Nelson open day between 10am and 4pm on Sunday 22 October
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R.I.P. David Moore

The PFS is saddened to announce the passing of a founding member and great friend of the PFS - David Moore - a person of vast Victorian fortifications knowledge. The delay in advising the membership is out of respect for David's family who did not want it to be publicised until after his funeral.

Fort Gilkicker sold for £1.386M

The online auction on the Clive Emson site has just ended with Fort Gilkicker being sold for £1.386 million against a guide price of £1.5 million.  There were four bidders willing to pay at least £1.35 million. We also have just had a recent report that intruders to the site – which is hardly secure – have done more permanent damage to the barracks block. We can only hope that the new owner – whatever their intentions – gets this site secure and safe very soon.

Horse Sand Fort sold for £715,000

The BBC website has just announced the following.... 'A derelict sea fort built to deter a French invasion in the 19th Century has been sold for £715,000.
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