REPORT ON THE EXCAVATION AND SURVEY OF TWO OF THE BOMB CRATERS AT FORT CUMBERLAND
Author(s): Dave Fellows
Fort Cumberland is an 18th-century fort built on the shingle spit of Eastney Point on the south-eastern corner of Portsea Island. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument (Hampshire monument no. 277) and is the home of English Heritage's Centre for Archaeology. It is described in the English Heritage's Visitors' Handbook as 'perhaps the most impressive piece of 18th-century defensive architecture in England'. The monument has been undergoing a phased programme of consolidation, repair and restoration work. During the works to repair the outer ditch wall to the north-east of the Fort, two of the bomb craters from the aerial bombardment inflicted on the Fort on the 26th of August 1940 were exposed. These were recorded in order to assess their condition prior to consolidation. Also recorded at this time were two of the badly damaged traverses on the covered way. The following is the report on the findings of the limited excavation and survey undertaken.
- Report Number:
- 73/2001
- Series:
- CfA Reports
- Pages:
- 11
- Keywords:
- Artillery Fort Excavation Modern Post Medieval
