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Maunsell Sea Forts

More updates from the Dying Earth: this time the Maunsell Sea Forts built during the Second World War and located in Thames and Mersey estuaries, one of which has become the Principality of Sealand. They were used to destroy enemy aircraft and flying bombs. In the 1960s, some were recycled as bases for pirate radio.

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Jan 2011
AUTHOR Mark Newton
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  • http://www.adrianfaulkner.com Adrian Faulkner

    There are trips out to them. One used to (may still have) a geocache on it and I’d planned to go out for a milestone find (1000th, 2000th, 5000th find etc). However, nimble as I am for my size I thought I might have problems getting from the boat to the ladders so I passed.
    I believe at one point in their existence they were used as a base for a pirate radio station.

    And if you like this sort of thing did you know there’s an entire town underground in Wiltshire?

  • http://www.skyseastone.net/jvstin/ Paul

    I think there was a Patrick McGoohan Danger Man episode where one of those forts was used for pirate radio…

  • http://markcnewton.com Mark Charan Newton

    Hi Adrian – do you mean Burlington Bunker – http://www.burlingtonbunker.co.uk ? I used to live a few miles from this place (though I never got to see underground!)

    I was just looking at one of the day-trip sites for getting to these forts (though the website was terribly outdated). Leave the Tories in charge long enough and I’ll be first in the queue to occupy one. :)

    Paul – I’m ashamed to say I had to google that! But a B&W thriller set on one of these things sounds a lot of fun.

  • http://www.adrianfaulkner.com Adrian Faulkner

    Yep. Burlington. Know someone who can take me down there and keep meaning to arrange it one summer as a thinly veiled version of Burlington appears in the novel.

    There’s also a number of hidden caves / quarries in Box although unfortunately it’s a squeeze even for people more svelte than me

  • http://markcnewton.com Mark Charan Newton

    Sounds cool. I’ve always wanted to check out a lot of the abandoned Tube stations, since they seem particularly fascinating.

  • BLANCHARD

    It looks like Starwars.