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SZ6197 : Fort Monckton

taken 12 years ago, near to Alverstoke, Hampshire, England

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Fort Monckton
Fort Monckton
Fort Monckton is a historic military fort on the eastern end of Stokes Bay, Gosport. Built to protect Portsmouth Harbour at the start of the American War of Independence, it was rebuilt in the 1880s as a Palmerston fort (LinkExternal link Wikipedia). Today it is the only remaining Ministry of Defence owned fort in the Portsmouth area.

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Geographical Context: Coastal Historic sites and artefacts Defence, Military other tags: 19th Century Nineteenth Century Coastal Defences The Solent Fort Palmerston Fort Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Gosport [4] · Fort Monckton is a Historic Military Fort [2] Title Clusters: · Fort Monckton [6] ·
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SZ6197, 26 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
David Dixon   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 18 July, 2013   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 25 July, 2013
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SZ 612 977 [100m precision]
WGS84: 50:46.5879N 1:7.9686W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SZ 619 978
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WEST (about 270 degrees)
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Image classification(about): Geograph (Third Visitor for SZ6197)
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