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A picture of Fort Nelson
Submitted by Michael Wright ©(26th April 2005)

A picture of Fort Nelson

Mortar batteries, of which North battery is shown, were hidden underground inside the fort, with only a small aperture to fire through, allowing defenders to lob projectiles in relative safety, but making it nearly impossible for any attacker to hit these defences. The mortars shown are 13-inch iron mortars, with a range of about 1000 yards these were intended to prevent attackers from ever reaching the fort by killing them at a distance

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