Brean Down Fort - Severn Estuary
Posted by: The_Crabbes
N 51° 19.688 W 003° 02.060
30U E 497607 N 5686316
An old military fort at the end of Brean Down looking over the Severn Estuary.
Waymark Code: WM8MQ8
Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/20/2010
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To quote from
Wikipedia:
Brean Down Fort was built 60 feet (18 m) above sea level on the headland at Brean Down, 9 miles (14 km) south of Weston-super-Mare, Somerset.
It was built in the 1860s as one of the Palmerston Forts to provide protection to the ports of the Bristol Channel, and was decommissioned in 1901. During World War II it was rearmed and used for experimental weapons testing.
The site has been owned by the National Trust since 2002, following a £431,000 renovation project, as part of its Brean Down property and is open to the public.