No Man's Land Fort | |
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Solent, England | |
Coordinates | 50°44′23.7″N 1°5′42.78″W / 50.739917°N 1.0952167°W |
Type | Fort |
Site information | |
Owner | AmaZing Venues |
Open to the public | Yes |
Official name | No Mans Land Fort |
Designated | 12 Jun 1967 |
Reference no. | 1018589 |
Condition | Complete |
Site history | |
Built | 1867–1880 |
No Man's Land Fort, also referred to as No Man's Fort, is a sea fort in the Solent, near Portsmouth, England. It is one of the Palmerston Forts built between 1867 and 1880 after the recommendations of the 1859 Royal Commission. It is 200 feet in diameter,[1] and lies 1.4 miles (2.3 km; 1.2 nmi) off the coast of the Isle of Wight.[2]