HM Fort Roughs ranks #1,805 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking. Founded 1942, one of 161 atlas entries founded in the 20th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 17,551 times in the last 60 days, more than 97% of the atlas. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Colchester, 40 km away. See how Sealand compares in the castle statistics.
HM Fort Roughs is one of several World War II installations that were designed by Guy Maunsell and known collectively as His Majesty's Forts or as Maunsell Sea Forts; the purpose of which was to guard the port of Harwich, Essex, and more broadly, the Thames estuary. This 4,500 ton artificial naval installation is similar in some respects to "fixed" offshore oil platforms. It is situated on Rough Sands, a sandbar located approximately 11 kilometres (6 nmi) from the coast of Suffolk and 13 kilometres (7 nmi) from the coast of Essex. Today it is the location and de-facto capital of the unrecognised, self-proclaimed state of Sealand.
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