The Maunsell Forts are towers built in the Thames and Mersey estuaries during the Second World War to help defend the United Kingdom. They were operated...
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Guy Anson Maunsell (1 September 1884 – 20 June 1961) was the British civil engineer responsible for the design of the Maunsell Forts used by the United...
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HM Fort Roughs is one of several World War II installations that were designed by Guy Maunsell and known collectively as His Majesty's Forts or as Maunsell...
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Shivering Sands Army Fort [U7] was a Maunsell army fort built near the Thames estuary for anti-aircraft defence. It is made up of several once-interconnected...
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1955), British-American neuroscientist Robert Maunsell (disambiguation), various Maunsell Forts, sea forts of the United Kingdom during the Second World...
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The Palmerston Forts are a group of forts and associated structures around the coasts of the United Kingdom and Ireland. The forts were built during the...
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for £117,000 at the auction to an unnamed purchaser. Maunsell Forts Historic England. "Bull Sand Fort (915963)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved...
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Coastal defence and fortification (redirect from Sea fort)
defence forts were built to protect coastal forts. Through the middle 19th century, coastal forts could be bastion forts, star forts, polygonal forts, or...
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was completed by October 2021. Filming locations also included the Maunsell Forts off the coast of Kent in south-east England. The film was released on...
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II, Roughs Tower was constructed by the United Kingdom as one of the Maunsell Forts, primarily to defend the vital shipping lanes in nearby estuaries against...
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