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Buy your own ISLAND: Fort designed to defend Britain from Napoleon goes on sale for £400,000
UK Daily Mail ^ | June 6, 2018 | Simon Rushton

Posted on 06/06/2018 7:37:56 AM PDT by C19fan

A historic island fort is being sold for less than the price of a one-bedroom flat in London.

Stack Rock Fort, off the coast of Milford Haven in Pembrokeshire, was built to defend Britain from an invasion from France's Napoleon III.

Made up of three floors with spiral staircases leading to each one, with cannon rooms, former sleeping quarters, the island provides a 360-degree view of the Haven waterway.

The average cost of buying a home in London is £471,944 and the average cost in Wales is £152,999, according to the UK Land Registry.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: fort; france; milfordhaven; napoleoniii; pembrokeshire; stackrockfort; unitedkingdom; wales
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To: C19fan

Dr. Evil should snap that up for his next secret lair.


21 posted on 06/06/2018 9:25:42 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: moovova

Me too. I love the really old stuff. Hubby’s family is Scottish. When he was little his dad was next in line to get the family castle/keep, whatever it was called. He turned it down. I looked it up a few years ago and there’s not much left of it now.


22 posted on 06/06/2018 9:31:32 AM PDT by sheana
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To: sheana

“Hubby’s family is Scottish.”

Those Scots know what they are doing.

The island of Niihau in Hawaii is wholly owned by a Scots family-——has been for years.

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23 posted on 06/06/2018 9:38:49 AM PDT by Mears
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To: C19fan

The crack in the foundation concerns me. But I dearly love the steps that go right down to the water. Has possibilities for Hollywood movies.


24 posted on 06/06/2018 9:50:49 AM PDT by donozark (Restraining orders are just another way of saying I love you.)
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To: BenLurkin

There’s also a wonderful little island just off the Brazilian coast, Ilha da Queimada Grande. The only problem is it’s populated mostly by Golden Lancehead Vipers, some of the world’s most brutally neurotoxic snakes. One bit will pretty well do you.


25 posted on 06/06/2018 10:19:51 AM PDT by libstripper
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To: C19fan

Definitely a fixer-upper.
But it looks like it could be a great home and a perfect refuge against the Zombie Apocalypse.


26 posted on 06/06/2018 10:32:15 AM PDT by Little Ray (Freedom Before Security!)
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To: Bratch

Location location location


27 posted on 06/06/2018 10:35:39 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare itself.)
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To: Bratch

Ok who wants to go in on this and go live there totally off the grid?


28 posted on 06/06/2018 10:36:48 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare itself.)
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To: Little Ray

Can zombies swim?


29 posted on 06/06/2018 10:38:48 AM PDT by bravo whiskey (Never bring a liberal gun law to a gun fight.)
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To: Mr. K

Put in a small modular reactor and you’ could have heat, light and desalinated water.

And it looks like cabbage could grow on the roof. Or maybe...raise goats for meat and milk.


30 posted on 06/06/2018 10:51:40 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: bravo whiskey

Seems to be the subject of considerable discussion...

https://www.bing.com/search?q=can+zombies+swim&qs=AS&pq=can+zombies+swim&sc=4-16&cvid=07C4AFC454D34A9DA01BF2797DD5A9C8&FORM=QBLH&sp=1


31 posted on 06/06/2018 10:53:02 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: bravo whiskey

I don’t know, but I read a book about German Nazi zombies that got dumped off of a ship and they walked across the ocean floor to their destination.


32 posted on 06/06/2018 11:00:20 AM PDT by waterhill (I Shall Remain, in spite of __________.)
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To: C19fan
I will admit that I don't currently have a Cannon Room. That'd be cool.

The potential uses of a place like that are limited only by your imagination. You could make a living off piracy. Turn it into a massive party house. Keep deposed heads of state in chains in the basement. Paintball gallery. Start your own religious cult. Become a mad scientist and take over the world, that sort of stuff...

33 posted on 06/06/2018 11:01:14 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: C19fan

I could go nuts redeveloping that place into an amazing abode. Probably cost $10 mil+ to really do nicely, but it would be out of this world. Helicopter pad on roof garden, enclosed green houses in that central courtyard, good dock and nice wrap-around elevated deck for jogging and views. So many cool features to enhance.

It would only be worth it though, if it’s located outside the UK’s jurisdiction, which I’m sure it isn’t. Taxes too high, bad government etc. No thanks.


34 posted on 06/06/2018 12:17:23 PM PDT by catbertz
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To: Bratch
Nice picture. Seems like an Aegean Island would be a better deal, not least because of the climate.

35 posted on 06/07/2018 2:18:25 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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