Publications
Solent Papers
No.1 Spitbank and the Spithead Forts by Garry Mitchell
A4 format, card covers, 40 pages; with drawings, plans, monocrome & colour photographs explaining the construction, purpose and history of the four forts in the sea at Spithead, Spitbank, Horse Sand, No Mans Land and St. Helens forts.
ISBN 0 9513234 6 6 : EAN 978-0-9513234-6-5
2011 edition Price £5.50 Sterling
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No.2 The Needles Defences by Anthony Cantwell
A4 format, card covers, 36 pages; with drawings, plans, monocrome & colour photographs explaining the construction, purpose and history of the forts on the west side of the Isle of Wight, including The Needles batteries, Hurst Castle, Warden Point, Hatherwood, Freshwater Redoubt, Forts Albert and Victoria, Golden Hill, Cliff End and the later battery at Bouldnor.
ISBN 0 9513234 0 9 : EAN 978-0-9513234-9-6
2011 edition Price £5.50 Sterling
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No.3 Fort Nelson and the Portsdown Forts by Garry Mitchell
A4 format, card covers, 36 pages; with drawings, plans, monocrome & colour photographs explaining the construction, purpose and history of the forts on Portsdown Hill. Including Forts Wallington, Nelson, Southwick, Widley, and Purbrook with its outworks at Farlington and Crookhorn.
ISBN 0 9513234 5 8 : EAN 978-0-9513234-5-8
2010 edition Price £4.00 Sterling
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No.4 Hilsea Lines and Portsbridge by Garry Mitchell
A4 format, card covers, 36 pages; with drawings, plans, monocrome & colour photographs explaining the construction, purpose and history of the Hilsea Lines at Portsbridge Portsmouth.
ISBN 0 9513234 7 4 : EAN 978-0-9513234-7-2
2011 edition Price £5.50 Sterling
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No.5 Fort Gilkicker by David Moore
A4 format, card covers, 44 pages; with drawings, plans, colour and black and white photographs explaining the construction, purpose and history of the great Coast Defence battery at Stokes Bay, Gosport.
EAN 978-0-9570302-1-3
2011 edition Price £5.50 Sterling
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No.6 Fort Brockhurst and the Gomer-Elson Forts by David Moore
A4 format, card covers, 60 pages on high gloss art paper; with drawings, plans, monocrome and colour photographs explaining the construction, purpose and history of the Gosport Advanced line of forts: including Forts Gomer, Grange, Rowner, Brockhurst and Elson.
ISBN 0 9513234 3 1 : EAN 978-0-9513234-3-4
2011 edition Price £6.00 Sterling
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No.7 Fort Fareham by David Moore
A4 format, card covers, 24 pages; with drawings, plans, monocrome & colour photographs explaining the construction, purpose and history of the only one of the outer line of forts constructed to defend the western approach to Portsmouth Harbour.
ISBN 0 9513234 8 2 : EAN 978-0-9513234-8-9
2009 edition Price £5.50 Sterling
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No.8 The Stokes Bay Defences by David Moore
A4 format, card covers, 44 pages; with drawings, plans and colour photographs explaining the construction, purpose and history of the Stokes Bay Lines and its five batteries, also Fort Monckton, Fort Gilkicker and Browndown Battery.
ISBN 0 9548453 1 5 : EAN 978-0-9548453-1-5
2010 edition Price £5.50 Sterling
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No.9 Fort Nelson by Garry Mitchell
A4 format, card covers, 16 pages; with drawings, colour photographs and plans explaining the construction, purpose and history of Fort Nelson
ISBN 0 9548453 2 3 : EAN 978-0-9548453-2-2
2010 edition Price £2.00 Sterling
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No.10 The East Wight Defences by David Moore
A4 card covers : 48 pages illustrated with drawings, plans and colour photographs explaining the construction, purpose and history of the eastern defences of the Isle of Wight and Sandown Bay- including Sandown Fort, the batteries at Sandown Barrack, Yaverland, Redcliff, Culver, Nodes Point, Steynewood, Puckpool and Bembridge Fort.
ISBN 0 9513234 3 1 EAN 978-0-9548453-3-9
2010 edition Price £5.50 Sterling
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