So I've just been flicking back through past pictures, taking a look where my urbex forays began. My interest started probably much like a lot of the pre-social media folk - accidentally stumbling across something abandoned, and after visiting more places, realising there was something called...
Red Sands Sea Fort Thames Estuary, UK cc2021
Here is the start of my Maunsell, Red Sands Fort report, situated in the Thames Estuary (1 of 3 forts, 2 remain) ..i'll touch on the remaining two Forts at a later time..
OVERVIEW :-
The offshore forts, or towers, were originally World War II...
The History:
A new site here today. The site began close to an area once inhabited far beyond the Romans, with the notable archaeological remains of an ancient settlement in use into the Middle Ages being uncovered in the 1960s and 1970s. The site became a major landfill for waste from London...
History
The Maunsell Forts were small fortified towers built in the Thames and Mersey estuaries during the Second World War to help defend the United Kingdom. They were operated as army and navy forts, and named after their designer, Guy Maunsell.[1] The forts were decommissioned in the late...