Stokes Bay Lines

The Stokes Bay Lines were part of the great Victorian fortification of Portsmouth Harbour under Lord Palmerston. In 1857 Major Jervois had proposed a complex system of moats (ditches), ramparts and batteries to close off the gap between the new fort at Fort Gomer, and the earlier fort at Fort Gilkicker, and Fort Monckton. This defensive moat was to become the ‘Stokes Bay Lines’.

This article is about the defensive works protecting part of Portsmouth Harbour. For the railway branch line to an Isle of Wight ferry pier, see Stokes Bay line.
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