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Brean Down Fort was built above sea level on the headland at Brean Down, south of Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England. The site has a long history, because of its prominent position. The earliest recorded settlement is from the Early to Middle Bronze Age. The current buildings were constructed in the 1860s as one of the Palmerston Forts to provide protection to the ports of the Bristol Channel, and was decommissioned in 1901. During World War II it was rearmed and used for experimental weapons testing.

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  • Brean Down Fort
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  • Brean Down Fort was built above sea level on the headland at Brean Down, south of Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England. The site has a long history, because of its prominent position. The earliest recorded settlement is from the Early to Middle Bronze Age. The current buildings were constructed in the 1860s as one of the Palmerston Forts to provide protection to the ports of the Bristol Channel, and was decommissioned in 1901. During World War II it was rearmed and used for experimental weapons testing.
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Garrison
  • Coast Brigade, Royal Artillery
Built
  • 1864(xsd:integer)
  • rearmed in World War II
open to public
  • The site remains unlocked at all times, with volunteers manning buildings on summer weekends and Mon, Wed, Fri in summer school holidays
Name
  • Brean Down Fort
Ownership
  • National Trust
used
  • 1871(xsd:integer)
Latitude
  • 51(xsd:double)
map type
  • Somerset
Longitude
  • -3(xsd:double)
Location
  • Somerset, England
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  • Brean Down Fort was built above sea level on the headland at Brean Down, south of Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England. The site has a long history, because of its prominent position. The earliest recorded settlement is from the Early to Middle Bronze Age. The current buildings were constructed in the 1860s as one of the Palmerston Forts to provide protection to the ports of the Bristol Channel, and was decommissioned in 1901. During World War II it was rearmed and used for experimental weapons testing. The site has been owned by the National Trust since 2002, following a £431,000 renovation project, as part of its Brean Down property and is open to the public. The fort was used as a location for filming of the second episode, "Warriors", of the BBC television drama Bonekickers.
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