Palmerston Forts, North East England

Palmerston Forts, North East England

The Palmerston Forts around the north east of England include:

*Abbs Point Battery, Roker, Sunderland
*Cemetery Battery, Hartlepool
*Frenchman's Battery, South Shields
*Heugh Battery (Hartlepool Battery), Hartlepool
*Lighthouse Battery, Hartlepool
*Fort Paull, Kingston upon Hull
*South Gare Battery, Hartlepool
*Spanish Battery, Tynemouth
*Tynemouth Castle, Tynemouth
*Wave Basin Battery, Sunderland


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