Fort Monckton

Fort Monckton
Gosport, England
Aerial view of the fort
Fort Monckton is located in Hampshire
Fort Monckton
Fort Monckton
TypeBattery, later training site
Site information
ConditionComplete
Site history
Built1779-1790
In use1790-1956 (as battery)
1956-present (as training site)

Fort Monckton is a historic military fort on the south-east shoreline of the Gosport peninsula, Hampshire. Built on the ruins of Haselworth Castle to protect Portsmouth Harbour at the start of the American War of Independence, it was rebuilt in the 1880s as a Palmerston fort. It now houses a training centre for the intelligence services.