Fort Amherst

Kent, England · United Kingdom

Fort Amherst, United Kingdom
Photo: Clem Rutter, Rochester Kent, CC BY 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons

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Cut into the chalk above Chatham, this Napoleonic-era fortification protected the Royal Dockyard from a landward assault. Ditches, ramparts and a network of tunnels honeycomb the hillside overlooking the Medway.

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