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An ABANDONED Cotton Mill, and Hospital located in Catalonia. We ended up getting busted by Armed Police on the way out who put us in handcuffs and told us we were being arrested before quickly letting us go which was weird.

No history on the place unfortunately.

The house of sadness.

The lady owner died, her son came over for the funeral then flew back home. That was 10+ years ago. He hasn't been since. All belongings are left.

Unfortunately some things have been stolen and apparently vandalised since these pictures were taken 😢

Some history: The current Fort Gilkicker was constructed between the years 1863 and 1869 at Stokes Bay, Gosport. Its purpose was to defend the deep water anchorage at Spithead and to protect the western approach to Portsmouth harbour. The fort was begun by a contractor who failed in November 1863 early in the stages of the construction and a renowned civil engineer, John Towlerton Leather who was already involved in the construction of the great sea forts at nearby Spithead, was asked to complete the Fort at Gilkicker. His yard was nearby at Stokes Bay, the site of which eventually became the Stokes Bay Submarine Mining Establishment. The new Fort Gilkicker was conceived as a curvilinier fort for twenty six guns on one level firing through armoured embrasures with a barrack closing the rear. It faced in a more easterly direction that its predecessor and its principal role was to direct fire on Sturbridge Shoal and to the flanks were to bear upon Spithead and Stokes Bay. The design for the fort was altered slightly and it was completed in 1871 for twenty two guns in casemates with five heavier guns in open positions on the roof.The estimated cost of Fort Gilkicker in 1869 was £61,395, the actual cost on completion being £58,766.