Wrights Hill Fortress
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Wrights Hill Fortress is a coastal battery in the Karori suburb of Wellington, New Zealand. It was built between 1942 and 1944 and was intended to house three 9.2" guns, but only two guns were installed and the fort never saw action. After World War II was over, they fired one of the guns; the shell went all the way to the Marlborough Sounds. Afterwards, somewhat ironically, it was sold to the Japanese as scrap metal.
It is similar in design to the Stony Batter battery near Auckland.
The fort is in the hands of a preservation society and can be visited on Waitangi Day, ANZAC Day, the Queen's birthday, and Labour Day.
