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Madalena, which is located at the eastern extremity of the line, was second of the forts to be built. It was built on the site of a fifteenth-century chapel dedicated to
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A wall near the fort's entrance partially collapsed during heavy rains in April 2019, and it began to be restored in June 2019.
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first as a communications post, and then as a radar station during
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Madalena was built by the British as part of the
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296:In 1906, the RML 11-inch gun was replaced by
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298:BL 9.2-inch Mk X guns
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