Fortress Study Group
The Fortress Study Group is an international UK registered society devoted to the study of military fortifications and their armament. The focus of the activity lies in the period after the introduction of powder guns.
The association was founded in June 1975 at Pembroke College . The Society's first chairman was Jock Hamilton-Baillie , first editor of the annual Quentin Hughes journal . Other well-known members of the group were or are Andrew Saunders , Christopher Duffy , Simon Pepper and Ian V. Hogg . The patron of the society is the Duke of Gloucester . According to its own statements, the society has more than 600 members from more than thirty countries. Membership in the society is chargeable, but otherwise not tied to any further requirements.
The annual journal Fort is published by the group . The peer-reviewed journal publishes articles on military architecture. In addition, the Casemate newsletter appears three times a year . The annual conferences and lecture series serve to publish new research results. Visits to fortifications outside the British Isles are also organized on a regular basis. The results of the conferences, lecture series and excursions are also published. The society has its own specialized library focusing on military fortifications, which is located in Fort Nelson . New publications on fortifications and restoration work are financially supported to a small extent. Books on the subject are reviewed at random .
The group recorded more than 270 objects on the Holderness coast in 1992 on behalf of the Royal Commission on the Historic Monuments of England . This work formed a basis for the Defense of Britain Project of the Council for British Archeology , carried out from April 1995 to March 2002 , the aim of which was to record all military fortifications built in Great Britain in the 20th century. Individual members of the Society were involved in the restoration of fortifications such as Fort Amherst , Harwich Redoubt , Needles Battery and Newhaven Fort .
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- ^ English Heritage Conservation Bulletin, Issue 44, June 2003