Netherlands · 19th century
Ellewoutsdijk Fort ranks #8,333 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #172 of the 198 mapped in Netherlands. Founded 1839, it is older than 9% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 705 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Middelburg, 19 km away. See how Netherlands compares in the castle statistics.
Ellewoutsdijk Fort is a defensive work of 1839. Since 1981 it has been the property of the Vereniging Natuurmonumenten.
In 1830, after the secession of Belgium, the Netherlands began building coastal forts on both banks of the Western Scheldt, in order to gain control over shipping towards Antwerp.
Machine-translated from “Fort Ellewoutsdijk” on the Dutch Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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