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King's Lynn under siege excavation report published

28 May 2025

Rediscovering High Angle Battery, Portland

The restored High Angle Battery at the Verne on Portland is officially opened this weekend.
24 Apr 2025

FSG patron HRH The Duke of Gloucester visits Newhaven Fort to celebrate restoration

31 Mar 2025

“A war of trenches, ramparts, palisades, bombardments and blockades”

Webinar
31 Jan 2025

FSG announces competition for a new round of grants

Closes 31 Jan 2025
30 Oct 2024

Fort de Bron build 'cut-away' cannon

24 Oct 2024

Details of Coalhouse Fort open days

After being closed for four years Thurrock Council have announced there will be a series of open days starting on 12 and 13 October
6 Sep 2024

Project Redsand aims to restore a Maunsell Army Fort

The ambitious volunteer led project to restore one of the WW2 heavy anti-aircraft forts in the Thames Estuary
30 Aug 2024

Battle of Britain Operations Room was hidden under an ornamental garden

Historic England has discovered more about the surface defences and features of the RAF No 11 Group Operations Room at Uxbridge.
30 Aug 2024

Pillboxes as Art

Local artist Jacqueline Willis is documenting the changes over time in the pillboxes at Donmouth, north of Aberdeen.
30 Aug 2024

Alexandria fort partially demolished but RML guns saved

Part of Dekheila Fort has reportedly been destroyed. However what appear to be two 8-inch 9 ton Rifle Muzzle Loading Guns have been saved.
30 Aug 2024

India's Maratha Forts proposed for UNESCO World Heritage List

The Pratapgad Fort in Maharashtra. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu
3 Feb 2024

Garden Battery, Mount Edgecombe to be opened to the public

15 Sep 2023

Shoreham Fort Memorial Trench Recognised

25 Feb 2023

Crop Marks reveal a bastion at Hartlebury Castle

21 Feb 2023

ALDERNEY - BATTERIE ANNES

12 May 2022

11th Biennial Fields of Conflict Conference Sat 07 and Sun 08 May

28 Apr 2022

Naval Dockyards Society Conference 9-11 June 2022

11 Apr 2022

Participate in an Archaelogical Dig

King's Lynn July 22
5 Mar 2022

The Fortification of the Firth of Forth 1880–1977

The most powerful naval fortress in the British Empire’
31 Jan 2022

The re-positioning of a 9.2 inch gun in Bermuda

1 Sep 2021
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