{"id":4485,"date":"2013-01-25T11:24:07","date_gmt":"2013-01-25T11:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/psgwordpress\/?page_id=4485"},"modified":"2025-10-07T16:33:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T15:33:57","slug":"eastney-defences-portsmouth-hampshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/eastney-defences-portsmouth-hampshire\/","title":{"rendered":"Eastney Defences, Portsmouth."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Eastney Barracks,Ferry Rd and Beach Defences.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SZ666987<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/eastneybarracksloopholedwall1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/eastneybarracksloopholedwall1.jpg\" alt=\"Loopholed Wall Eastney\" class=\"wp-image-5873\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/eastneybarracksloopholedwall1.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/eastneybarracksloopholedwall1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Loopholed Wall Eastney<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The Loopholed wall can be seen surrounding part of the Royal Marines Barracks at Eastney in Portsmouth, this particular section is at the junction of St George&#8217;s Road and Cromwell Road leading to the main Royal Gate. Its location is close to the sea front, the perimeter wall of the Barracks would have ensured a\u00a0good defensive position from the numerous loopholes running its length.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/eastneybarracksloopholedwall2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" data-id=\"5875\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/eastneybarracksloopholedwall2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5875\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/eastneybarracksloopholedwall2.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/eastneybarracksloopholedwall2-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/eastneybarracksloopholedwall3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" data-id=\"5876\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/eastneybarracksloopholedwall3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5876\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/eastneybarracksloopholedwall3.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/eastneybarracksloopholedwall3-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Further along at\u00a0 <strong>SZ683997<\/strong>\u00a0 Ferry Rd, Eastney here there are a row of concrete anti-tank blocks positioned\u00a0 road side on the approach to Langstone Harbour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/ferryroad1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/ferryroad1.jpg\" alt=\"Ferry Road Anti Tank Blocks\" class=\"wp-image-5877\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/ferryroad1.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/ferryroad1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ferry Road Anti Tank Blocks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The blocks have probably been moved from their original location and are now arranged alongside the road to prevent vehicles parking on the verge, they also provide anchorage points for boats moored in the harbour, I counted just over a 100 in total and they all still seem to be in fine condition. Some further Anti Tank cubes can be found on the beach south of Ferry Rd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/eastneybeach3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"5880\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/eastneybeach3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5880\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/eastneybeach3.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/eastneybeach3-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/ferryroad2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"5878\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/ferryroad2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5878\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/ferryroad2.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/ferryroad2-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/eastneybeach2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"5879\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/eastneybeach2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5879\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/eastneybeach2.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/eastneybeach2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tim Denton 2003<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eastney Barracks,Ferry Rd and Beach Defences. SZ666987 &nbsp; The Loopholed wall can be seen surrounding part of the Royal Marines Barracks at Eastney in Portsmouth, this particular section is at the junction of St George&#8217;s Road and Cromwell Road leading to the main Royal Gate. Its location is close to the sea front, the perimeter [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5875,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[78,347,348],"class_list":{"0":"post-4485","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hampshire","8":"tag-defences","9":"tag-eastney","10":"tag-portsmouth","11":"czr-hentry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}