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Fort Nelson, in the civil parish of Boarhunt [1] in the English county of Hampshire, is one of five defensive forts built on the summit of Portsdown Hill in the 1860s, overlooking the important naval base of Portsmouth and is a Grade I Listed Building. [2]
The Nelson Monument, 120 feet (37 m) tall on a granite base, [1] stands on Portsdown Hill about 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Portsmouth Harbour on the south coast of England. It was the eventual outcome of a movement started during Horatio Nelson 's lifetime to "perpetuate the glorious victories of the British Navy". [ 2 ]
Portsdown Technology Park is located near Fort Southwick on Portsdown Hill. It is home to a number of defense companies including Qinetiq [20] and BAE Systems. [21] Within the park is a building featuring radar towers similar to a Type 45 destroyer, [21] which are visible to a wide area of Hampshire.
The Portsmouth defences can be split into four distinct groups of forts, comprising four sea forts built in the Solent, a group of forts on Portsea Island, a group of forts along Portsdown Hill overlooking Portsmouth, and a group of forts on the Gosport peninsula.
Many of Portsmouth's former defences are now museums or event venues. Several Victorian-era forts on Portsdown Hill are tourist attractions; [287] Fort Nelson, at its summit, is home to the Royal Armouries museum. [288] Tudor-era Southsea Castle has a small museum, and much of the seafront defences leading to the Round Tower are open to the public.
Fort Widley is one of the forts built on top of Portsdown Hill between 1860 and 1868 on the recommendation of the Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom. [4] It was designed, along with the other Palmerston Forts atop Portsdown, to protect Portsmouth from attack from the rear.
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