Golden Hill Fort

Golden Hill Fort was a defensible barracks at , , England, built as part of the Palmerston defences by the 1859 Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom to provide manpower to man the defences at the western end of the , .
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  • Fort
  • …lies at an elevation of 161 feet (49 metres)
  • …is also known as “Golden Hill Fort: buried remains and outer defences”
  • Description: 1863-1872 defensible barracks building at Freshwater, Isle of Wight, England, UK

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include West Wight Sports Centre and All Saints’ Church, Freshwater.
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West Wight Sports and Community Centre is a registered… is situated 2,900 feet south of Golden Hill Fort.
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All Saints' Church, Freshwater is a parish church… is situated 3,200 feet southeast of Golden Hill Fort.
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Dimbola was the home and workplace of the Victorian… is situated 1¼ miles south of Golden Hill Fort.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Norton Green and Freshwater.
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is a hamlet on the .
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Yarmouth is an attractive little town at the western…
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is a bay in the west of the .

Golden Hill Fort

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Latitude
50.68913° or 50° 41′ 21″ north
Longitude
-1.52169° or 1° 31′ 18″ west
Open location code
9C2WMFQH+M8
Geo­Names ID
12032072
Wiki­data ID
Q5579556

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In Other Languages

“Golden Hill Fort” goes by many names.
  • Japanese: “ゴールデンヒルフォート”

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