Fortress
Middle Head Fortifications
🇦🇺 Australia
The Middle Head Fortifications is a heritage-listed former defence establishment and military fortifications and now public space located at Middle Head Road, Middle Head, Mosman in the Mosman Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It is also known as the Middle Head Military Fortifications or The Old Fort. The fortifications consist of the Outer Middle Head Battery located at the end of Old Fort Road, the Inner Middle Head Battery located at the end of Governors Road, and the Obelisk batteries reached by a path from the corner of Middle Head Road and Chowder Bay Road. The fortifications at Middle Head formed part of Sydney Harbour's defences. The property is owned by the Department of Planning and Environment. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.
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Middle Head Fortifications ranks #3,999 of 5,814 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #8 of the 8 mapped in Australia. See how Australia compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Middle Head Fortifications?
Middle Head Fortifications stands in Australia, at -33.8272°, 151.268°.
How famous is Middle Head Fortifications?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #3,999 of 5,814 worldwide, and #8 in Australia. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Middle Head Fortifications?
Fort Denison, about 5 km away.
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