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Description: | The title of this map is incorrect and it is in fact a plan of Sandown Fort not Sandham, in the Isle of Wight. Sir Richard Worsley describes the fort in his book ‘The History of the Isle of Wight’, published in 1781; "Sandown fort commands a bay on the south side of the island, where there is a good landing place. It is a very low square building, flanked by four bastions, and encompassed by a ditch. Being esteemed of the greatest consequence of any fort in the island, it had an establishment, consisting of a master gunner, and thirty soldiers … It has been much neglected, but lately has been put into repair at a very considerable expense to the crown, and the apartments made fit for the reception of the captain, who resides there in the summer”. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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