An intensive programme of fortification was begun; the designs being overseen by Major William Jervois of the Royal Engineers, who was secretary to the Commission.
In 1860 new gun batteries were constructed at either side of the castle, as a result of the Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom.
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Fort Borstal was built as an afterthought from the 1859 Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom, by convict labour between 1875 and 1885.
Fort Borstal was built as an afterthought from the 1859 Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom, by convict labour between 1875 and 1885, to hold the high ground southwest of Rochester, South East England.