Puckpool Battery

Puckpool Battery
Puckpool Point, Isle of Wight, England
A section of Puckpool Battery.
Puckpool Battery
Coordinates	50°43′39″N 1°07′46″W / 50.727517°N 1.129319°W / 50.727517; -1.129319
Site information
Open to the public	Yes
Site history
Built	March 1865
Materials	Concrete

Puckpool Battery (map reference SZ615923) is a battery located at Puckpool Point, close to the town of Ryde on the Isle of Wight. It is one of the many Palmerston Forts built on the island to protect it in response to a perceived French invasion. Construction of the battery began in 1863 and was completed by March 1865. It has since been designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument.^[1]

Publications

Moore, David, 2010. The East Wight Defences, Solent Papers Number 10, David Moore, Gosport. ISBN 0954845331

References

↑ "Puckpool Mortar Battery". English Heritage. Retrieved 17 January 2015.

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External links

Victorian Forts data sheet

Palmerston Forts on the Isle of Wight

Western side	Freshwater Redoubt The Needles Battery Hatherwood Battery Warden Point Battery Golden Hill Fort Cliff End Battery Fort Albert Fort Victoria Bouldnor Battery

Eastern side	Puckpool Battery Nodes Point Battery Steynewood Battery Culver Battery Bembridge Fort Redcliff Battery Yaverland Battery Sandown Fort Sandown Barrack Battery

Solent	Spitbank Fort St Helens Fort Horse Sand Fort No Man's Land Fort

List of Palmerston Forts on the Isle of Wight

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