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Hurst Point Lighthouse & Castle

            Taken from a car park some way back up the coast from the cliff top , this is five shots stitched together of Hurst Point Lighthouse and Castle accessed only by ferry or a walk along the shingle spit .
   Located within the New Forest National Park, Hurst Castle is situated on the seaward end of the shingle spit that extends 2 miles from Milford-on-Sea, Hampshire. Built by Henry VIII as a chain of fortresses to protect the Solent in 1544, this is the site where Charles I was imprisoned in 1648 before being taken to his trial and execution in London. The castle was modernised during the Napoleonic wars and again in the 1870s when the enormous armoured wings were added, making it the largest coastal fort in the world. Two of the huge 38-ton guns installed in the 1870s can be viewed in their casemates together with other weapons developed through 412 years of military use. During World War II, Hurst was manned with coastal gun batteries and searchlights. You can get to Hurst Castle by ferry from Keyhaven Quay (sat nav postcode: SO41 0TP) or you can walk along the shingle Hurst Spit.
   

Taken in: UK / England / Totland / Totland (show map)

Taken on: September 21, 2023

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