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Visitors to
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Fortress features a 750-metre-long (2,460 ft) perimeter wall around the castle grounds.
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In 1743 Hammershus was abandoned as a stronghold. The remains were preserved in 1822. Since the major excavation and restoration work in the late 1800s, there has been a continuous maintenance of the ruins.
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