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 ...

The exact location of what is thought to be the first English slave fort in Africa may have been found - the BBC has been hearing about the significance of the discovery in Ghana. Taking care, ...

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 ...