Fort Hammenheil

Fort Hammenhiel (Tamil: அம்மன்னீல் கோட்டை, romanized: Am'maṉṉīl Kōṭṭai; Sinhala: හැමන්හිල් බලකොටුව, romanized: Hæminanhil Balakotuwa) is a fort built around a small island between the islands of Kayts and Karaitivu of Jaffna Peninsula in Northern Sri Lanka.

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Fort Hammenheil ranks #2,961 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #6 of the 13 mapped in Sri Lanka. Founded 1618, it is older than 33% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 350 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. See how Sri Lanka compares in the castle statistics.

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