REPORT ON THE SURVEY OF THE WAGON SHED AT FORT CUMBERLAND
Author(s): Dave Fellows, J Pidgeon
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 Wagon Shed, dating from the 19th century, is a six-bay timber-framed structure that incorporated an earlier brick wall into its build. As part of the refurbishment works at Fort Cumberland, the Wagon Shed was to be conserved and repaired for re-use. The following is the report on the survey of the structure and the interpretation of its development and use through time.
- Report Number:
- 99/2001
- Series:
- CfA Reports
- Pages:
- 36
- Keywords:
- Post Medieval Standing Building Survey
