Castles and forts

The Needles – a tale of shipwrecks, Victorian forts and Cold War
The Needles – a tale of shipwrecks, Victorian forts and Cold War

The Needles – a tale of shipwrecks, Victorian forts and Cold War

The Needles, enormous 100-feet (30-metre) high chalk and flint stacks off the most westerly point of the Isle of Wight, are part of the Island’s iconography, and one of Britain’s most recognisable coastal features.  They are an exposed eroded section…