Fort Victoria, Sconce Point, Isle of Wight
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Fort Victoria, Sconce Point, Isle of Wight
Image: © Terry Robinson Taken: 20 May 2013
Fort Victoria, built in the 1850s, was a single tier battery with defensible barracks at Sconce Point, West of Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight. After it (soon) became redundant as a practical fort, it was used as a submarine mining centre and as a military training area. There were large barrack blocks behind the fort, where the modern houses can be seen, but these were demolished in 1969, leaving just the sea-facing casemates. The casemates have been adapted into a tourist attraction and include a marine aquarium, a planetarium, a café, a model railway display and the Underwater Archaeology Centre See this view submitted by Graham Horn … Image Sconce Point Buoy can (just) be seen on the right … see … Image
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Image Location
Latitude
50.706587
Longitude
-1.52185