Box Hill Fort, Surrey Hills
Built in the late 19th century as part of the London Defence Positions, Box Hill Fort is a mobilisation centre intended to furnish troops with supplies and ammunition as they dug and defended an entrenchment line protecting the capital if enemy invasion from France was imminent. Situated on a chalk ridge of the Surrey Downs around 2km north east of Dorking. The north west-south east aligned compound survives as a north east facing, reinforced concrete and brick structure housing magazines and stores. To the rear is a large, crescent-shaped earthen blast-bank flanked by an outer ditch.
More information: https://heritagerecords.nationaltrust.org.uk/HBSMR/MonRecord.aspx?uid=MNA126160
Historic England: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1018074?section=official-list-entry
Photographed in July 2023. 6112 photos taken with a Sony a7R III and 546 with a DJI Mini2 by David Fletcher (@Artfletch). 515 photos taken with a Sony a6600 by James Brown. Processed in Agisoft Metashape.
More information: https://heritagerecords.nationaltrust.org.uk/HBSMR/MonRecord.aspx?uid=MNA126160
Historic England: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1018074?section=official-list-entry
Photographed in July 2023. 6112 photos taken with a Sony a7R III and 546 with a DJI Mini2 by David Fletcher (@Artfletch). 515 photos taken with a Sony a6600 by James Brown. Processed in Agisoft Metashape.