Fortress
Fort Nelson, Portsmouth
ENG England · 19th century
Fort Nelson, in the civil parish of Boarhunt in the English county of Hampshire, is one of five defensive forts built on the summit of Portsdown Hill in the 1860s, overlooking the important naval base of Portsmouth and is a Grade I Listed Building. The current tenant is the Royal Armouries, housing the artillery of the national collection of arms and armour.
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Fort Nelson, Portsmouth ranks #2,150 of 3,708 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #149 of the 160 mapped in England. Founded 1860, it is older than 8% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 263 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. See how England compares in the castle statistics.
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