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...IT'S ELFIN'S ARCHITECTURAL APPRECIATION THREAD!!!!!! 😀
Right, as an attempt to be a bit topical, hows about military installations? Y'know, cos the Americans claimed to have found some bearded old man in a fortified compound. So how's about military buildings; fortresses, training establishments, barracks, temporary structures, that sort of thing. Can be buildings that are now in use for other reasons, but must be originally for military use. Not so much castles though, cos we'll do that another time. Might be a challenging one, this.
Ok so.
Horse Guards Parade:
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Royal Naval College:
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Finsbury Barracks:
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Military installations you say? Got to be the flyindale spheres
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Look what they look like from inside. How cool?
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If i post up Fort william will that be cheating?
This one's pretty spectacular.
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Does this count?
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It used to be one of my favourites 😀
Here - fill your boots:
[url= http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/AboutDefence/WhatWeDo/DefenceEstateandEnvironment/MODFilmLocations/ ]MOD Film Locations UK[/url]
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Went walking the Pembrokeshire coast path over the hols, so plenty of coastal forts and gun batteries, this is good to look at, Stack Rock Fort in Milford Haven.
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Dungeness sound mirrors:
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Maunsell sea forts:
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Got to be the flyindale spheres
That looks like a junior version of Menwith Hill.
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Here is one:
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It even has little people in funny clothes
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Italian army obviously - they don't know which way to face
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German Bunker in Jersey
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Stayed here a few years ago - Fort Clonque on Alderney, now run by the Landmark Trust - great place.
And then there's 'Bovi'
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Fort Bovisand, just inside Plymouth Breakwater. It's been an on and off and on again dive centre business since the 80s. Did many a dive trip to/past there (and an underwater explosives course in the harbour which was a hoot).
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Ok so it's almost a castle, but
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Suomenlinna island fortress - protecting the city of Helsinki even up to the Winter War and WWII.
Fort St Elmo, Valletta.
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It's seen a bit of action in its time.
Plymouth is full of military buildings.
These are ugly but absolutely [i]enormous[/i] (battleship plus plenty of headroom in each one).
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Pass this on my commute
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and the scarily named Fort Widley
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Part of the MTB Tour of Britain was held here back in the 90s.
Anzio bridgehead - then and now*
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It was just before dawn
One miserable morning in black 'forty four.
When the forward commander
Was told to sit tight
When he asked that his men be withdrawn.
And the Generals gave thanks
As the other ranks held back
The enemy tanks for a while.
And the Anzio bridgehead
Was held for the price
Of a few hundred ordinary lives.
*the architecture is in the far back ground of the second image - dull concrete blocks of flats
Calvi citadel in Corsica, ancient home of 'The Legion', + site of Admiral Nelsons eye-losing battle..
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Bit closer to home, the Italian Chapel in Orkney, built & decorated by Italian P.o.W.'s in WWII (+ refreshed by volunteers every so often). Outside -
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And in -
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okay it's not a military building but i can't be bothered with another thread but really, surely this is not normal for norfolk?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/interactive/2011/may/03/kieron-williamson-art-interactive
The Portman/Cenizas Guns, above Portman, near Cartagena in Spain.
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They're mighty big, and command a vast area of sea.
Oh, and if Geoff offers you a "Run to the Guns challenge" - You will lose. FACT.
The five sided fistagon
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Fort George Inverness
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Don't know what it looks like, it's secret.
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Brean Down Fort, Somerset.
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Gun emplacements, Brean Down Fort.
Now this brings back memories.
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Stayed there many years ago and was thinking of looking for a picture for this thread, thanks j_me.
Not sure whether to laugh or not at dd's last addition. 😕
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Horse Sands fort in the Solent
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Matello tower at Aldeburgh
What's behind this doorway in the hillside above Invergordon?
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Six Royal Navy storage tanks measuring 237 metres long and 9 metres tall/wide capable of holding about 5.6 million gallons of oil.
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Might cost a few quid to fill those these days...
more info [url= http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/173294 ]here[/url] and [url= http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/index.php/Secrets/InchindownFuelDepot ]here[/url]
Bak nau!
Once again, some fantastic examples. Always love Robgarrioch's little chapel, and I'm quite excited by debaser's oil tanks! Fabulous example of hidden and virtually unknown stuff. I woon't have known about that if it weren't for your input. And loads of other stuff too.
Thought this might be a challenging thread, but yet again, STWers come up trumps. Excellentage. 🙂
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Island? Battleship? Look the same through a periscope apparently.
Good to ride too
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OLD OSWESTRY HILL FORT, Shropshire. Aerial view reconstruction drawing by Ivan Lapper of the fort in the Iron Age at the height of its occupation.