Castles and forts in Isle of Wight

The Discover Alone map has 9 castles and forts in Isle of Wight, England. Below are the 9 with the most written about them, pictures first. Every one has its own page with directions and places nearby.

• Yarmouth CastleScheduled monumentYarmouth Castle is a square artillery fort built by Henry VIII in 1547 to guard Yarmouth Harbour from French attack.…
• Pill BoxFortPill Box is a fort in Isle of Wight, England. Perhaps it watched the sea for invaders or gave men a dry place to stand…
• Osborne House, Garden and GroundsCastleOsborne House stands on the Isle of Wight as a royal castle where emperors and queens played among exotic gardens. Its…
• Needles Old BatteryCastleNeedles Old Battery is a castle-like fort built in 1862 on the extreme westerly edge of the Isle of Wight to answer a…
• Fort RedoubtCastleFort Redoubt is a Palmerston fort completed in 1856 to defend Freshwater Bay, where a deep dry ditch and seven gun…
• Cowes Castle - Royal Yacht SquadronCastleCowes Castle stands on the Isle of Wight as the home of the Royal Yacht Squadron, a maritime institution rather than a…
• Castle Hill earthworkScheduled monumentCastle Hill earthwork is a roughly square bank and ditch on the Isle of Wight, likely an Iron Age defended settlement…
• Carisbrooke Castle: a shell keep castle on the site of a Saxon burhScheduled monumentCarisbrooke Castle stands on the Isle of Wight as a shell keep built above an older Saxon burh, layering defence across…
• Fort RuinsFortFort Ruins is a fort in Isle of Wight, England. Perhaps soldiers built it to watch the sea, then left it to rot. Maybe…

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