Off the southern coast of mainland England, floating in the Solent straight about a mile from the Isle of Wight, two eye-catching former military forts are drifting to auction. Known as the Solent ...

Victorian-era sea forts off the coast of southern England have been given a new lease on life. Built in the late 1800s to defend the city of Portsmouth against the French, the three forts have been ...

Excavation work during the development of a new hotel has led to the discovery of part of a 17th-century fort that was a major defence point for English settlers in Castlecomer, Co Kilkenny, under ...