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Sea Forts

Monreith, Scotland

Barsalloch Fort

A 2,000-year-old Iron Age fort offers stunning ocean views.

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An Abandoned Victorian Sea Fort Turned Hotel

Nafplio, Greece

Bourtzi

This 15th-century island fortress later served as home to the executioners no one wanted to live near.

Seaview, England

No Man's Land

This foolish Victorian sea fort was converted to a deluxe hotel.

The Impenetrable Island Isolation of Sea Forts

14 amazing sites where waves meet walls.

Allison Meier March 27, 2014

Bourcefranc-le-Chapus, France

Fort Louvois

A castle-like sea fort from the 17th century is now a museum to oyster farming.

Fort Alexander

A man-made island fort that has housed soldiers, scientists, and ravers.

Saint-Georges-d'Oléron, France

Fort Boyard

Fighting the British and making game shows for over 150 years.

extinct animals

New in the Atlas: lucky airplanes, extinct tigers, Victorian sea forts - Editor's Picks for April

Annetta Black April 9, 2010

Maunsell Army Sea Forts

Surreal riveted sea forts once protected the Kent shores from German attack.

Key West, Florida

Dry Tortugas

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world's largest coastal brick fortresses.

Murud Janjira fort

A nearly unconquerable island-fort in the Indian Ocean.