Fort Borstal
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An afterthought from the 1859 Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom, Fort Borstal was built between 1875 and 1885 by convict labour to hold the high ground southwest of Rochester, Kent. It is of polygonal design and was never originally armed. An anti-aircraft battery ws based there in the second world war.
After many years' use as a pig farm for the nearby Young Offenders Institution it was sold in 1991 to a company hoping to make it a museum, but that proved unsuccessful and the fort has been converted into living accommodation. There is no public access to the site.
Medieval Rochester Castle
Tudor Upnor Castle
Inner Ring (Napoleonic): Fort Clarence · Fort Pitt · Fort Amherst · Fort Gillingham
Outer Ring (Palmerston):
Fort Borstal · Fort Bridgewood · Fort Horsted · Fort Luton · Twydall Redoubts · Fort Hoo · Fort Darent
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