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Fort Borstal

Fort Borstal Fort Borstal - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Fort Borstal was built as an afterthought from the 1859 Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom, by convict labour. Construction started in 1875 but was suspended in 1885. The fort was completed around 1895. it was one of a series of four forts that ringed Chatham. Read more on Wikipedia

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