http://www.metafilter.com/tags/guymaunsell Posts tagged with 'guymaunsell' at MetaFilter. Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:04:22 -0800 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:04:22 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/71137/See%2DForts Britain's <a href="http://www.utata.org/project/uppj6/item/560824521/">Maunsell Sea Forts</a> [<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maunsell_Forts">wiki</a>] were <a href="http://www.ecastles.co.uk/armyforts.html">built during WWII</a> as part of the coastal defense system. They were decommissioned in the 1950's, but <a href="http://weburbanist.com/2008/04/20/creatively-converted-sea-forts-of-great-britain-strange-adaptive-reuse-of-military-architecture/">many of them remain in use for non-military purposes</a> (<a href="http://www.sealandgov.org/">this</a> is arguably the most famous). <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/doctorboogie/sets/72057594124302151/">Some great photos here</a>. [<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/43889/sea-forts">previously on metafilter</a>] tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.71137 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:04:22 -0800 abandoned Britain coastal defense England fortifications forts guymaunsell maunsell photos sea WW2 WWII dersins