The Needles New Battery

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coastal artillery battery fortification military installation

The Needles New Battery is a coastal artillery fortification on the Isle of Wight, England, built in the late 19th century to defend the western approaches to the Solent and the naval base at Portsmouth.

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Label Occurrences
Needles New Battery 1
Needles Old Battery 1
The Needles New Battery canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal artillery battery ⓘ
fortification ⓘ
military installation ⓘ
access footpath from Alum Bay ⓘ
builtBy British Army ⓘ
builtFor coastal defence ⓘ
defence of Portsmouth naval base ⓘ
defence of the western approaches to the Solent ⓘ
constructionEnd late 19th century ⓘ
constructionStart late 19th century ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currentUse heritage site ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
designedToMount heavy coastal artillery ⓘ
hasBuildingMaterial brick ⓘ
concrete ⓘ
hasFeature gun emplacements ⓘ
observation posts ⓘ
searchlight positions ⓘ
tunnels ⓘ
underground magazines ⓘ
hasViewOf Alum Bay ⓘ
Isle of Wight coastline ⓘ
The Needles ⓘ
surface form: The Needles rock formations
heritageDesignation scheduled monument ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
Isle of Wight ⓘ
Isle of Wight Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty ⓘ
locatedNear Alum Bay ⓘ
The Needles ⓘ
locatedOn cliffs above The Needles ⓘ
managedBy National Trust ⓘ
nearbyFortification The Needles Battery ⓘ
surface form: The Needles Old Battery
openToPublic true ⓘ
operatedBy British Army ⓘ
overlooks English Channel ⓘ
western approaches to the Solent ⓘ
partOf Palmerston Fort ⓘ
surface form: Palmerston Forts
region South East England ⓘ
replaced The Needles Battery ⓘ
surface form: The Needles Old Battery
status disused military site ⓘ
usedDuring World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
usedFor coastal gunnery ⓘ
military experiments ⓘ
military observation ⓘ
weapons testing ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Needles → closestFortification → The Needles New Battery ⓘ
Needle Rocks → visibleFrom → The Needles New Battery ⓘ
this entity surface form: Needles Old Battery
Needle Rocks → visibleFrom → The Needles New Battery ⓘ
this entity surface form: Needles New Battery