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| The fort - home to cormorants and probable refuge for migrating birds |
A MAN-made island located just off Spurn Point is up for auction.
The Haile Sands fort was built between 1915 and 1918 to provide a base for heavy gun batteries and anti-submarine netting against the threat of enemy incursions into the Humber Estuary.
Some 40,000 tons of concrete and steel are said to have gone into the construction, at a cost of around £1-5-million.
The fort was constantly manned during both world wars, and often under attack from aircraft and submarines.
The Army left in 1956, but the fort was still manned until the early 1960s.
It is believed its present owner bought it for about £350,000 two years ago with a view to carrying out a refurbishment project.
But this has not proceeded and the fort is due to go under the hammer, with a target price upwards of £100,000, at an auction in Sheffield on November 1.
From the vantage point of Cleethorpes and Humberston on the South Bank of the Humber,
cormorants and gulls can often be seen perched on various parts of the fort's infrastructure.
In winter, it is probably used by peregrine falcons, and the chances are that it is a temporary refuge for many other species, including songbirds, especially at migration times.
More details at:
http://uniquepropertybulletin.co.uk/haile-sands-fort/
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