Shivering Sands sea forts

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    These rusting sea defences stand nine miles from shore near the entrance to the Thames Estuary [more information here] [more photos here]

    bhell13, russelldavies, sloanro, and 75 other people added this photo to their favorites.

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    1. Allen Rodriguez 58 months ago | reply

      Reminds me of aliens. lol
      Great shot, I am surprised to see something like that.

    2. Fabio Sabatini 58 months ago | reply

      incredible!

    3. froghopper80 58 months ago | reply

      this is wicked. i´ve had freaky vivid dreams about these constructions throughout my life (actually more a kind of oil rig construction) and this just make me want to go see them. how do you get there? nice one!

    4. feaverish 58 months ago | reply

      Wow, so cool.

    5. Alina Uritskaya 58 months ago | reply

      what a strange constructions...

    6. Lenny the Lens 58 months ago | reply

      I saw a scale model of these in the Docklands Museum last week.

    7. practicalowl 58 months ago | reply

      Wow! Fascinating structures! Great shot!
      Seen in Explore.

    8. awbentley 58 months ago | reply

      wow! really neat!

    9. InWaves 58 months ago | reply

      war of the worlds

    10. edit eye 58 months ago | reply

      reminding me of Star Wars:)

    11. cooleye foto 58 months ago | reply

      what were these for? any links to some history of them?

    12. Cykoduck 58 months ago | reply

      fascinating, I'd love more info on them

    13. baskill 58 months ago | reply

      Nice to see them close up - here is the view of them from the coast. Must get meself a boat sometime...

      Cooleye_foto: There is some stuff about them on the wikipedia.

      PS I bumped into these via Explore.

    14. Art and Photography side of r.helgason 58 months ago | reply

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Come out and (play) GIVE 2 COMMENT DO NOT POST AND RUN, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

    15. Simon Crubellier 58 months ago | reply

      I'm disappointed that nobody has yet pointed out that they feature prominently in the Slade film Flame.

    16. Matthew Benjamin Coleman 52 months ago | reply

      Amazing.

    17. gilesbooth 48 months ago | reply

      wonderful

    18. lightningrabbit010k 39 months ago | reply

      i remember red sands fort and shivering sands fort they were used for Anti-Aircraft defence, red sands is being restored so people might be able to go inside one day, i noticed they took away the bridges joining the towers together.

    19. Gooner 67 20 months ago | reply

      sea devils lurking...there's something very sinister about the Sea-Forts. So sinister they make Herne Bay seem homely.

    20. Maelström Bordelum - © S.A 13 months ago | reply

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