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Fort G, Hampshire Sept 13

chopper

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Gilkicker Fort.

First explore of the day turned out to be a failure, but I had a back up! And what a beauty it is. I love this place. Can't wait for next time.

Didn't spend long in here before alarms went off. Shame really, but I know better now.

Fort Gilkicker was built between 1863 and 1869 to keep those pesky French off our shores! :)

27 guns protected the peninsula and nearby Fort Monkton. It was equipped with another 4 guns in WW1.

Now it is falling apart, crumbling and rusting, with masses of scaffold holding parts up.

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The fort was bought out last year by Sir Robert McAlpine, and there are plans to turn it into housing.

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A bit dark :/

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One last shaky picture before scarpering

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Thanks for looking, hope you enjoyed
 
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Nelly

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Great suff mate, so whats with the scaff, are they going to save it or what??

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Looks a bit like Hurst Castle on the Solent.Fancy alarming that!!

 

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Looks a nice little mooch there! Thanks for the share :)

 

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The scaffold is to hold the thing together while they attempt at restoring it. It is pretty unsafe at the moment. Sir Robert MacAlpine is turning it into luxury flats.

And I think it's alarmed because of the big active antenna in there. It's a radar tower or something like that.

 

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Yeah this one is down for redeveoplment why the secca has relaxed, at one point a few years back this was the best place to pay hide and seek ;)

 

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Looks very interesting, never seen this one! Looks a great explore! : thumb

 

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Lovely jubbly, looks a cracking mooch!

 
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