Fort Nelson and Nelsons Monument Drone Tour

Описание: Fort Nelson and Nelon's monument Drone Tour

All Footage Recorded February 2023 On A DJI Mini 2

Music : sTaNd aLoNe coMpLeX - Upon A Sunless Sea (rEpRisE)

About - Fort Nelson is one of five defensive forts built on the summit of Portsdown Hill in the 1860's. Built as a result of the 1859 Royal Commission by Lord Palmerston to prevent a French land attack on the Portsmouth dockyard because the older Hilsea Lines at the bottom of the ridge were considered insufficient.

A series of 6 forts were built along the 7 miles of the ridge. From west to east they are forts Fareham, Wallington, Nelson, Southwick, Widley and Purbrook. A garrison of around 200 volunteers accompanied by regular army officers would have staffed the fort in time of war. Construction was protracted and Fort Nelson wasn't fully armed until the 1890s.

The fort was disarmed in 1907 and then used for accommodation until 1938, when it was converted to an area anti-aircraft ammunition store; ten large magazines were built on the parade ground. Fort Nelson was abandoned in the 1950s, and then in 1979, after years of neglect and vandalism, it was sold to Hampshire County Council for £50,000. The Council, with assistance of volunteers restored it at a cost of £4 million, and it opened to the public in 1994, becoming part of the Royal Armouries in 1995.