Fortress
Fort Buckley
🇳🇿 New Zealand · 19th century
Fort Buckley was a defensive fort built in Wellington, New Zealand in 1885, overlooking the port of Wellington and Wellington Harbour. The remains of the fort are listed as a Category 1 Historic Place by Heritage New Zealand.
The fort included two rifled 64 pounder muzzle-loading guns, which had a range of about three kilometres.
The fort was named after Patrick Buckley, an Irish New Zealand soldier, lawyer, and politician.
Text adapted from “Fort Buckley” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fort Buckley ranks #4,173 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #2 of the 2 mapped in New Zealand. Founded 1885, it is older than 6% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 336 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. See how New Zealand compares in the castle statistics.
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