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Fort Hammenheil

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Fort Hammenheil
Fort Hammenheil. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Fort Hammenhiel (Tamil: அம்மன்னீல் கோட்டை, romanized: Am'maṉṉīl Kōṭṭai; Sinhala: හැමන්හිල් බලකොටුව, romanized: Hæminanhil Balakotuwa) is a fort built around a small island between the islands of Kayts and Karaitivu of Jaffna Peninsula in Northern Sri Lanka.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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