Steynewood Battery
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| Steynewood Battery | |
|
Hampshire | |
|---|---|
| Type: | Artillery battery |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SZ641869 |
| Location: | 50°40’42"N, 1°5’39"W |
| History | |
| Built 1893 | |
| Information | |
| Condition: | Converted to private residence |
Steynewood Battery was an artillery battery located between Bembridge and Whitecliff Bay on the Isle of Wight, Hampshire. It is one of the many ‘Palmerston forts’ built on the island to protect it in response to a perceived threat of French invasion. Construction of the battery began in 1889 and was completed by 1893.[1]
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References
- ↑ "Fortifications of the Isle of Wight - Steynewood Battery". http://h2g2.com/edited_entry/A83150813. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- Moore, David: 'The East Wight Defences' (Solent Papers Number 10, 2010) ISBN 0954845331