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Fort Matilda is a suburb at the far western edge of Greenock, Scotland. Its name comes from a coastal battery built on Whiteforeland Point 1814–1819 to defend the River Clyde.[1]

  1. ^ "Fort Matilda". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 12 April 2019.

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