Hampshire castles Archive

Portchester Medieval Castle is is located at Portchester, east of Fareham in Hampshire county, England. Portchester Castle originated as the “Saxon Shore” fort of Portus Adurni.  It is the best preserved of the chain of Roman forts erected along the southeast coast in the late third century AD.  The reason for their construction is still debated.  Defense against Germanic raiders is the for the most part the likely explanation and they were without a doubt used for that purpose in the following century.

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