PEMBROKESHIRE : One of several 'Palmerston Folly' Gun Towers - known incorrectly as 'Martello Towers' - built in 1851 to defend Milford Haven against a potential French attack. This one stands beside the wall of the old Naval Dockyard at Pembroke Dock and is now a museum. ref: 1026590
PEMBROKESHIRE - Milford Haven : a 'Palmerston Folly' Gun Tower at Pembroke Dock, one of several built in 1857 against a potential French attack. This one stands at Llanreath Bay close to the old Naval Dockyard. The village of Hazebeach lies on the far - northern - shore of the Haven where the Coast Path follows the shore line. ref: 1026583
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Fort Nelson, one of Palmerston's Follies on Portsdown Hill, Portsmouth, Hampshire. Fort Nelson is one of five forts along Portsdown Hill. Built to defend Portsmouth dockyard in 1860 by Royal Commission when Lord Palmerston was Prime Minister, it never saw action and is now part of what is known as Palmerston's Follies. It is now part of the Royal Armouries and has various weapons on permanent display.
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Fort Nelson, one of Palmerston's Follies on Portsdown Hill, Portsmouth, Hampshire. Fort Nelson is one of five forts along Portsdown Hill. Built to defend Portsmouth dockyard in 1860 by Royal Commission when Lord Palmerston was Prime Minister, it never saw action and is now part of what is known as Palmerston's Follies. It is now part of the Royal Armouries and has various weapons on permanent display.
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This local history museum is housed in a Cambridge Gun Tower. Built in 1851 to protect the Royal Dockyard along with many other fortifications along the Coast and Milford Haven Waterway.
OBAN, West Highlands : the strange classical Colosseum of McCaig's Folly - or 'Tower' - dominates Railway Quay and the busy harbour. Commanding spectacular views over the Firth of Lorne to the Hebrides, the Folly was built in 1890 by successful local banker and philanthropist, John Stuart McCaig, to provide work for local people. ref: 02.7/6/12(50)
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Fort Nelson, one of Palmerston's Follies on Portsdown Hill, Portsmouth, Hampshire.
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Barge up on blocks at dawn by right wing of Het Steen, the 13th Century castle on the Schelde River built to protect the port of Antwerp, East Flanders, Flemish Region, Belgium, Europe, and later used as a prison and maritime museum.
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Seahouses is a large village on the North Northumberland coast in England. It is about 20 km north of Alnwick, within the Northumberland Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Newstead Fort in the grounds of Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire. Home to the poet Lord Byron. The lake is rumoured to be haunted by the ghost of a myserious woman - the white lady. The rest of the estate, including the house, the fort and the ruin of the abbey itself, is said to be the most haunted of all houses in Britain.
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CLAYPOTTS CASTLE - Broughty Ferry near Dundee : this strange Z-plan tower house was built by John Strachan between 1569 and 1588. No longer occupied, it was once owned by 'Bonnie Dundee', the victor of the Battle of Killiecrankie in 1689. ref:07.5/1/5
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WIMPOLE, Cambridgeshire : This is the Tower of Wimpole's Folly, an extensive sham medieval castle designed by Sanderson Miller for the Earl of Hardwicke in 1751 but actually built by Capability Brown in 1769. ref: 07.3/14/24
The dock basin at Glasson Dock near Lancaster. The dock enters the River Lune at the seaward end and the Lancaster Canal at the other, both by lock gates thus giving access by canal to Lancaster and Preston
The dock basin at Glasson Dock near Lancaster. The dock enters the River Lune at the seaward end (just to the right of the crane)and the Lancaster Canal at the other, both by lock gates thus giving access by canal to Lancaster and Preston
The dock basin at Glasson Dock near Lancaster. The dock enters the River Lune at the seaward end and the Lancaster Canal at the other, both by lock gates thus giving access by canal to Lancaster and Preston. The Silver River pictured here registered in Ramsey on The Isle of Man is one of a number of regular visitors to Glasson Dock keeping the island supplied.
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Evening view of PEMBROKE CASTLE, north west aspect. Built in 1190, it is one of the largest castles in Britain and is surrounded on three sides by a tidal moat. The famous Pembrokeshire Coast Path passes below the Castle ramparts. ref: 1026270
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UK SSCOTLAND -- 04 Nov 2010 -- Fishermen bring in their fishing boat the KAYLANA into the harbour at Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell | Lightroom Photos