Sandown Fort (map reference SZ597839) is a fort built in Sandown on the Isle of Wight in the middle of Sandown Bay. It is one of the many Palmerston Forts...
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Sandown is a seaside resort town and civil parish on the south-east coast of the Isle of Wight, England. The resort of Shanklin and the settlement of...
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Fortifications of the Isle of Wight (redirect from Forts on the Isle of Wight)
"Bembridge Fort". "Redcliff Battery". "Yaverland Battery"[permanent dead link]. "Sandown (Granite) Fort". "Sandown Barrack Battery". Palmerston Forts Society...
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Sandown Castle was an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII in Sandown, Kent, between 1539 and 1540. It formed part of the King's Device programme...
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Wildheart Animal Sanctuary (category Sandown)
inside the shell of Sandown Fort, which was built in 1864. A zoo was first established on the site in the 1950s, originally known as Sandown Zoo before becoming...
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Sandown Bay is a broad open bay which stretches for much of the length of the Isle of Wight's southeastern coast. It extends 8+1⁄2 miles (13.7 km) from...
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Isle of Wight: Redcliff Battery, Yaverland Battery, Sandown Fort and Sandown Barrack Battery. The fort had barrack accommodation for 4 officers and 106 men...
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Sandown Castle was a Device Fort built at Sandown on the Isle of Wight by Henry VIII in 1545 to protect against the threat of French attack. Constructed...
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March 1809 Royal Marines Captain William Wynn 2 March 1810 Governor of Sandown Fort Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Fletcher 18 April 1812 Royal Engineers Lieutenant-Colonel...
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from the Victorian Forts website. List of forts on the Isle of Wight Spitbank Fort St Helens Fort Horse Sand Fort No Man's Land Fort "'Palmerston's Follies':...
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