Fortress
Ham Fort
🇳🇱 Netherlands
The Fort along Den Ham is a fort that is part of the UNESCO World Heritage site of the Stelling van Amsterdam. It's located along the railroad from Uitgeest to Krommenie. The earthen walls date from 1896, the fort itself was finished in 1903.
The fort was only used very briefly, during the First World War.
Text adapted from “Fort aan den Ham” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ham Fort ranks #7,461 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #191 of the 200 mapped in Netherlands. 13 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Amsterdam, 18 km away. See how Netherlands compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Ham Fort?
Ham Fort stands in the Netherlands, at 52.50194°, 4.73528°.
How famous is Ham Fort?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #7,461 of 7,738 worldwide, and #191 in the Netherlands. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Ham Fort?
Oud Haerlem Castle, about 3 km away.
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