Priddy's Hard

Priddy's Hard with its defensive earthworks. In the centre of the picture is "E" Magazine, built within a demi-bastion; beyond it are the historic buildings of the ordnance depot. The large tree-filled circle to the right surrounds the Cordite Magazine of 1898.

Priddy's Hard is a former military installation in Gosport on the south coast of England, named for the original landowner and the firm beach found there.

The site originated as a 1750s fort, and then became an armaments depot for Royal Navy and British Army weapons, explosives and other stores. The site was decommissioned in 1988, after over two hundred years of operation, with part now being developed for housing and an area retained as a museum.