- Solent, The
- geographical name channel S England between Isle of Wight & the mainland
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
Solent, The
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The Needles Battery — The view over the battery. The Needles Battery was a military Battery built on the cliff top above the Needles stacks in 1861–63 to guard the West end of the Solent. Its field of fire was from approximately West South West clockwise to Northeast… … Wikipedia
