Nothe Fort / Weymouth

Built between 1860 and 1872 to defend against a possible French threat and used thenceforth until it was decommissioned in 1956. Now a museum, Grade II listed. Image shows (clockwise from top left):
 • view of the fort's command over the harbour entrance
 • entrance to a nuclear shelter at magazine level which was operational until the 1980s
 • 6" breech loading gun of 1903
 • specification of WW2 Bofors anti-aircraft gun
 • Bofors AA gun emplacement.
Weymouth, Dorset.

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