Battlefields

BANNOCKBURN
BOSWORTH FIELD
CULLODEN
FLODDEN
GLEN SHIEL
HASTINGS
KILLICRANKIE
MARSTON MOOR
NASEBY

Munitions

CHART G/P MILLS
ROYAL G/P MILLS
WOOLWICH ARSENAL

Fortifications

CROWNHILL FORT
FORT AMHERST
FORT BROCKHURST
FORT CUMBERLAND
FORT GEORGE
FORT NELSON
FORT PAULL
HARWICH REDOUBT
HURST CASTLE
LANDGUARD FORT
MARTELLO TOWERS
NEEDLES BATTERY
NEWHAVEN FORT
NOTHE FORT
ROYAL MILITARY CANAL
TILBURY FORT

Many countries have experienced internal unrest at some time in their past, and Great Britain is certainly no exception. Its turbulent history has seen battles between the Irish and the English, the House of York and the House of Lancaster, the Royalists and the Parliamentarians, and Jacobites and Hanoverians. Some of these bloody disputes were settled by a full-scale coming together of troops on one site, but most consisted of a series of rebellions and military operations on a countrywide basis. Today, relatively few of the significant battle sites are marked with some kind of memorial or plaque.

From the time the Romans first landed on British shores our island has lived with the constant threat of invasion, although the last successful invader was William the Conqueror in 1066. Since that time, varying types of fortification have been created around the coasts to repel further invasions from the Spanish, French, Dutch and, most recently, the Germans. Most of the earlier fortifications have been classified as castles, but this section deals specifically with those constructed from the late 17th century onwards.

Although used in arms since medeival times Britain really became synonomous with 'Black Powder' when Guy Faulkes embarked on the famous Gunpowder Plot. Britain's empire ensured that large quantities of high grade munitions would always be required and thankfully some of the facilities involved, still survive today.