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Featured Defending the Coast Print

Martello tower IC266_002

Cut-away reconstruction drawing showing the internal arrangement of a typical two-storey Martello tower on the south-coast in the early 19th century, with soldiers drilling outside. Chris Evans, 1997

Coast, Defence, Fortification, Georgian, Graphic, Illustration, Military

Featured Defending the Coast Print

Coastal battery IC266_003

Reconstruction drawing showing the layout of a typical Second World War 'emergency' coastal battery comprising two 6-inch naval guns in gun-houses, with a battery observation post behind and a searchlight position to the right. Chris Evans, 1997

Artillery, Cannon, Coast, Defence, Fortification, Graphic, Illustration, Military, Wartime, Weapon, Ww2

King Charles' Castle, Tresco, Isles of Scilly N090215

Old Blockhouse, Tresco, Isles of Scilly N100389

Harry's Walls, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly N100223

Featured Defending the Coast Print

Bull Sand Fort 20620_039

BULL SAND FORT, Humber Estuary. Aerial view. Standing one and a half miles from shore off Spurn Head on a submerged sandbank, it stands 18 metres high and 25metres in diameter. Bull Sand Fort and its twin Haile Sand Fort were built in 1914 to protect the mouth of the Humber from enemy attack. They were completed just as the First World War broke out. They were also used in the Second World War as anti-aircraft and anti-submarine defences

East Bastion at sunset, Pendennis Castle N080674