From Britain to Denmark and France to Norway, these are among Europe’s eeriest abandoned Second World War fortifications. Among the military structures pictured are those at Widemouth Bay in Cornwall, Hayling Island in Hampshire and Studland Bay in Dorset. They were also photographed at Lamba Ness in the Shetlands, Newburgh in Aberdeenshire and Cramond Island in the Firth of Forth.

Above: HAMPSHIRE: An anti-aircraft battery at Sinah Common on Hayling Island in Hampshire, where six gunners died in a heavy raid in April 1941 Continue reading »