Guns Across the Severn: Victorian Fortifications of Glamorgan
By A Saunders, C.J. Spurgeon, H.J. Thomas and D.J. Roberts, 2001.
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Guns Across the Severn is a detailed study by Royal Commission staff of the principal Victorian fortifications of Glamorgan, at Mumbles Head Island near Swansea, Lavernock Point between Cardiff and Barry, and on Flat Holm Island in the Bristol Channel. The descriptions are fully illustrated by original plans and photographs. An introduction by Andrew Saunders sets the sites in the context of the broader contemporary defence strategies for the United Kingdom.
Contents
Preface
Introduction
The Nineteenth Century
Burgoyne’s Report on the Defence of Commercial Harbours, 1854
Milford Haven
The Mumbles Battery
The Royal Commission on the Defences of the United Kingdom
The Severn Line Fortifications
Arming the Forts
The Committee on the Defence of Commercial Ports, 1882
The Adoption of Breech-Loading Guns
The First World War
The Anti-Invasion Measures of 1940-1
The Flat Holm Batteries and Fort
Military Occupation 1866-1903
The Victorian Remains
General Observations on the Victorian Military Occupation
The Second World War
The Lavernock Point Fortified Battery
The Mumbles Battery
Architectural Description
Notes
Glossary
- ISBN: 1-87118-425-8
Cover: Softback
Size: 200 x 245mm
Pages: 48
Illustrations: 27
ISBN: 1871184258
Price: £5.00
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