Fortress in English Channel can be your home for just $7m

Spitbank Fort, about 46m in diameter, sits less than a kilometre off the southern coast of England in the Solent, a narrow waterway feeding the English Channel. PHOTO: NYTIMES
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(NYTIMES) - Fancy owning a luxurious home right in the English Channel?

For just $7 million, you can own this circular man-made island, known as Spitbank Fort, which sits less than a kilometre off the southern coast of England in the Solent, a narrow waterway feeding the English Channel.

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