Sandown Fort
Sandown Fort is an artillery fort in Sandown on Sandown Bay on the Isle of Wight, England . It is one of the many Palmerston forts that were built on the island to fend off a feared French invasion. Construction of the fort began in April 1861 and ended in September 1864. The cost of construction was £ 73,876. In later documents, the castle is often referred to as the Granite Fort because it was built from granite . Today the castle is owned by the Isle of Wight Zoo.
Individual evidence
- ^ Eastern Isle of Wight Forts . www.ecastles.co.uk. Retrieved August 25, 2016.
literature
- David Moore: The East Wight Defenses in Solent Papers Number 10 . David Moore, Gosport 2010. ISBN 0-954845-33-1 .
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Coordinates: 50 ° 39 ′ 37.8 ″ N , 1 ° 8 ′ 20.8 ″ W.