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Lymdens Bulwark
Hob Uid: 462026
Location : Hampshire Gosport Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : SZ6260099200
Summary : Blockhouse, probably built in 1417, bastion added in the C16th. Position shown as a mound on a C17th plan. No physical evidence found.
More information : (Area SZ 626992). A wooden tower was erected opposite the Round Tower (SZ 69 NW 1) probably in the early part of the 15th c to hold the westend of a chain-boom across the harbour mouth, the east end being held by the Round Tower. (1) No trace. Exact siting not ascertained, but presumably under Fort Blockhouse. (2) The earliest mention of a blockhouse is in 1417. Until ca.1540 it was probably the only fortification on the West side of the harbour, but in 1540, four garrison lists mention the `Bulwark of Mr.Spert's making at Gosportside and the blockhouse'. Robert Lymden was in charge of the Bulwark in 1544. From C16th maps, Lymden's Bulwark appears to have been a circular keep surrounded by a circular wall. In a map of about 1585 the Bulwark is described as being old and decayed and by the early-mid C17th it was marked on maps as a mound. (3)

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Source details : Fortifications in Old Portsmouth 1968 30 (A Corney)
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Source details : F1 ASP 22-JAN-69
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Source details : Portsmouth Papers No 30 The Western Defences of Portsmouth Harbour 1400-1800 Dec 979 8-10 (G H Williams)
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Monument Period Name : Medieval
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Monument Start Date : 1417
Monument Type : Blockhouse
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
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Monument Start Date : 1500
Monument Type : Bastion Outwork, Blockhouse
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SZ 69 NW 17
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1969-01-22
End Date : 1969-01-22

Historic England Research Records

Lymdens Bulwark