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The Surprising Second Life of an Abandoned Victorian Sea Fort

“We want it to feel like you’re exploring something for the first time.”
Roxanne Hoorn August 31, 2023
Within the flat enclose of the D-shaped fort
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

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The Boutzi fortress in Greece.
Nafplio, Greece

Bourtzi

This 15th-century island fortress later served as home to the executioners no one wanted to live near.
No Man's Land
Seaview, England

No Man's Land

This foolish Victorian sea fort was converted to a deluxe hotel.
Fort Louvois at high tide.
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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
Russia

Fort Alexander

A man-made island fort that has housed soldiers, scientists, and ravers.
A sailboat cruises the perimeter of the fort
Saint-Georges-d'Oléron, France

Fort Boyard

Fighting the British and making game shows for over 150 years.
Woolaroc Lodge.
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New in the Atlas: lucky airplanes, extinct tigers, Victorian sea forts - Editor's Picks for April

Annetta Black April 9, 2010
The Thames Forts in 2013
England

Maunsell Army Sea Forts

Surreal riveted sea forts once protected the Kent shores from German attack.
Fort Jefferson, moat and wall
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.
Raigad, India

Murud Janjira fort

A nearly unconquerable island-fort in the Indian Ocean.