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The Saluting Platform (also known as the Great Platform) is one of the Fortifications of Portsmouth. The original platform was probably built during the reign of King Henry VII It was rebuilt under the direction of Richard Popynjay in 1568. Repairs were required just 3 years later due to erosion by the sea. Arround this time it was apparently customary to fire a coronation day salute from the platform for by 1585 it was reported that the flooring of the platform had become so rotten it was impossible to fire the salute.

By the 1830s it was being used as a place where the general public could view passing warships. In 1856 it was used by the town clerk as a location to proclaim the end of the Crimean War.