Spitbank Fort in the Solent off Portsmouth Harbour. The victorian defences were built by Lord Palmerston do defend the city from a french invasion tha

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Spitbank Fort in the Solent off Portsmouth Harbour. The victorian defences were built by Lord Palmerston do defend the city from a french invasion that never happened. It is now an exclusive hotel. Picture date: Saturday July 1, 2017. Photograph by Christopher Ison ©

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