Gallery: The Ghostly WWII Ruins of Europe's Northern Coasts
Marc Wilson01The Last Stand
*Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Mer, Upper Normandy, France,* 2012
Marc Wilson02The Last Stand
*Portland, Dorset, England,* 2011
Marc Wilson03The Last Stand
*Studland Bay I, Dorset, England,* 2011
Marc Wilson04The Last Stand
*Newburgh I, Aberdeenshire, Scotland,* 2012
Marc Wilson05The Last Stand
*Lyness, Hoy, Orkney, Scotland,* 2013
Marc Wilson06The Last Stand
*Løkken, Nordjylland, Denmark,* 2014
Marc Wilson07The Last Stand
*Findhorn, Moray, Scotland,* 2011
Marc Wilson08The Last Stand
*Arromanche-les-Bains III, Normandy, France,* 2014
Marc Wilson09The Last Stand
*Cramond Island, Firth of Forth, Scotland,* 2012
Marc Wilson10The Last Stand
*Hayling Island, Hampshire, England,* 2013
Marc Wilson11The Last Stand
*Brean Down I, Somerset, England,* 2012
Marc Wilson12The Last Stand
*Newburgh II, Aberdeenshire, Scotland,* 2012
Marc Wilson13The Last Stand
*Lossiemouth II, Moray, Scotland,* 2011
Marc Wilson14The Last Stand
*Abbot’s Cliff II, Kent, England,* 2010
Marc Wilson15The Last Stand
*Wissant I, Nord-Pas-De-Calais, France,* 2012
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