Fort Burgoyne
Fort Burgoyne, originally known as Castle Hill Fort,[1] was built in the 1860s as one of the Palmerston forts around Dover in southeast England. It was built to a polygonal system with detached eastern and western redoubts, to guard the high ground northeast of the strategic port of Dover, just north of Dover Castle. The fort is named after the 19th century General John Fox Burgoyne, Inspector-General of Fortifications and son of the John Burgoyne who fought in the American Revolutionary War.
Until recently the central part of the fort was still used by the Army as Connaught Barracks, and the site is now being redeveloped for housing. Plans to use the barracks as an open prison[2] were dropped in November 2006.[3]
The eastern and western outworks are accessible but heavily overgrown.
The ownership of a fort has been transferred to a charity called the Land Trust.[1]
The site also includes 104 acres (42 hectares) of land.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Fort Burgoyne: Dover fortress transferred to Land Trust". bbc.co.uk. 19 March 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
- ↑ "Barracks will become open prison". bbc.co.uk. 21 September 2006. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
- ↑ Travis, Alan (11 November 2006). "Reid abandons plan to put 500 prisoners in barracks". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 March 2014.