Original-article audit
What this source can support
Reviewed 15 August 2026 · geometry completeness 34/100 · High for history, occupancy, roof thickness and built weapons; low for modeled area, volume and replacement total.
The linked hybrid model has a base concept of about SEK 668m, but almost all scale quantities are class proxies: 4,000 m² / 43,056 ft² inferred from garrison, 26,000 m³ excavation from an area factor, 4,800 m³ concrete and four mission packages. The source directly supports roof thickness and six built guns, not a 4,000 m² / 43,056 ft² plan or four emplacements. The restoration cost is correctly classified as non-construction context rather than original cost.
Supported useNamed coastal rock fort on Kyrkogårdsön, begun in 1916 and first manned in 1926. It had underground quarters and services for 270 normally and up to 500 at full readiness, a reported 4–6 m concrete roof, two 15.2 cm main guns, four 57 mm guns, searchlights and control of a 400 m mine line. No floor area, tunnel length, excavation volume or original construction cost is given; the reported SEK 35m is a 1990s restoration/public-access project.
Geometry evidenceportals: value: 1 | unit: observed main portal | scope: focal fort | note: The article describes one gated entrance cut into the vertical rock face; total access/escape count is not established. | inner_structure: value: rock-cut corridors, quarters, clinic, kitchen, toilets, power/mining rooms and surface trenches/emplacements under mass concrete and rock | scope: focal fort | note: Plan dimensions and levels are absent. | other: range: 4; 6 | unit: m | scope: concrete roof thickness | note: Reported protective roof over the fort crown.; value: 270 | unit: persons | scope: normal garrison | note: Maximum reported readiness occupancy was 500.; value: 6 | unit: guns | scope: built fort armament | note: Two 15.2 cm main guns and four 57 mm guns; proposed southern expansion and torpedo battery were not built.; value: 400 | unit: m | scope: controlled mine line | note: 36 mines with provision for 10 additional mines.
Historic-cost evidenceamount: SEK 35,000,000 | year: 1994 onward | basis: restoration and conservation project | scope: Heritage restoration and public access; not original fort construction cost.
Systems describedQuarters, clinic, kitchen, water closets and dry latrines; On-site generator for essential power; Speaking-tube communications; Two 15.2 cm guns, four 57 mm guns and protected ammunition/operations spaces; 5 kW 150 cm searchlight and smaller mobile searchlight; Control of a 36-mine, 400 m barrier with provision for 10 more mines; Open crown trenches, observation cupolas and shoreline obstacles
Primary cost driversUnknown gallery/cavern excavation; Very thick mass-concrete roof; Gun emplacements, observation positions and mine-control interfaces; Habitability and power for a 270–500 person garrison; Island marine logistics; Heritage conservation versus military functional-equivalent standard
Unit / programme scopeOne fort within Vaxholm's outer defence line. Other forts/batteries described in the article, and the unbuilt southern extension and torpedo battery, are contextual and must not be priced into the focal unit.
Revision directionRevised upward after source-specific review.
Missing inputsMeasured floor plan and level count; Tunnel lengths and sections; Excavated volume; Concrete roof footprint and quantity; Portal/escape count; Gun-emplacement geometry; Geology, drainage and moisture-remediation scope; Original construction cost; Functional-equivalent versus heritage brief
Site / data issuesHistoric name can cause incorrect placement on Siarö rather than Kyrkogårdsön.; The current model's four mission packages do not correspond transparently to the source's two main and four secondary guns plus mine-control system.; The 4,000 m² / 43,056 ft² reference scale is a proxy inferred from occupancy, not a source-reported area.; The southern fort extension and three-torpedo battery were planned but never built and must remain excluded.; Severe humidity made the original underground accommodation unsuitable in peacetime; restoration/condition scope is material.