Forts and Fortified Towns On The New Waterline
To protect weaknesses in the waterline a series of forts and fortified towns have been constructed.
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Order of forts following the line from north to south.
Forts explicitly build to defend a town are mentioned with the relevant town between brackets
- Permanent battery De Westbatterij (Muiden)
- Castle Muiderslot (Muiden)
- Fortified town of Muiden
- Fortified town of Weesp
- Fort aan de Ossenmarkt (Weesp)
- Fort Uitermeer
- Fort Hinderdam
- Fort Ronduit (Naarden)
- Foritified town of Naarden
- Permanent batteries at the Karnemelksloot (Naarden)
- Fort Uitermeer
- Fort Kijkuit
- Fort Spion
- Fort Nieuwersluis
- Fort bij Tienhoven
- Fort aan de Klop (Utrecht)
- Fort de Gagel (Utrecht)
- Fort op de Ruigenhoeksedijk (Utrecht)
- Fort Blauwkapel (Utrecht)
- Fort op de Voordorpsdijk (Utrecht)
- Fort aan de Biltstraat (Utrecht)
- Minor fort Werk aan de Hoofddijk (Utrecht)
- Fort bij Rhijnauwen (Utrecht)
- Lunetten, a series of small crescent-shaped forts:
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- Lunet I (Utrecht)
- Lunet II (Utrecht)
- Lunet III (Utrecht)
- Lunet IV (Utrecht)
- Fort bij Vechten (Utrecht)
- Fort bij 't Hemeltje
- Fort bij Jutphaas
- Minor fort Werk aan de Waalse Wetering
- Minor fort Werk aan de Korte Uitweg
- Lunet aan de Snel
- Fort Honswijk
- Fort Pannerden
- Minor fort Werk aan de Groene Weg
- Minor fort Werk aan de Spoel
- Fort Everdingen
- Minor fort Werk op de spoorweg bij de Diefdijk
- Fort bij Asperen
- Fort bij de Nieuwe Steeg
- Fort bij Vuren
- Fortified town of Gorinchem
- Fortified town of Woudrichem
- Castle Loevestein
- Minor fort Werk aan de Bakkerskil
- Fort Steurgat
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