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Shoreham Fort |
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Littlehampton Fort
At
the rear of the fort, or north side, the Carnot wall would then have
connected to the well protected barrack building, which also incorporated
loopholes. The
fort was armed with three 68-pounder guns and two 32-pounder guns, each
capable of firing up to 1600 yards, and the two underground magazines were
designed to house 126 barrels of gunpowder. The fort was planned to
accommodate two infantry officers, one master gunner, and 42 NCO’s and
privates, in its internal barracks, and a further 30 NCO’s and privates
could also be accommodated in a small enclosure or hut, on the north side,
just outside the fort. Two
magazines at the rear of each end of the ramparts were sunk below ground
level and would have stored 126 wooden barrels of gunpowder. Adjacent to
each magazine chamber would have been a small passage way where the fuses
were prepared and the charges bagged up, when the charges were ready they
would then have been carried by hand to the stone recess magazines
situated next to the guns on the terreplein and stored there until
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