Fort Ballance
| Fort Ballance | |
|---|---|
| Location | Point Gordon, Wellington |
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Built | 1885 |
| Designated | 19 July 1990 |
| Reference no. | 5074 |
Fort Ballance was a coastal artillery battery on Wellington's Miramar Peninsula.
Built in 1885 following fears of an impending war with Russia, Fort Ballance is one of the best preserved of a string of nineteenth century coastal defences constructed to protect New Zealand from a naval attack. In 1885, the Government, reluctantly acknowledging that they could not rely solely on Britain for protection, commissioned engineer Major Henry Cautley to design a series of fortifications to protect the country's main ports. The Fortress is listed as a Category I Historic Place.[1]
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