Fortress
Spitbank Fort
ENG England · 19th century
Spitbank Fort or Spitsand Fort or Spit Sand Fort or simply Spit Fort is a sea fort built as a result of the 1859 Royal Commission. The fort is one of four built as part of the Palmerston Forts constructions. Located in the Solent, near Portsmouth, England, and is now in private ownership following its sale after a period as a luxury hotel.
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Spitbank Fort ranks #1,865 of 3,709 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #138 of the 160 mapped in England. Founded 1887, it is older than 5% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 226 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. See how England compares in the castle statistics.
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