What is recorded here

Sealand occupies HM Fort Roughs, a submerged World War II platform in international waters where Paddy Roy Bates declared independence in 1967 after ejecting pirate radio broadcasters. The family defended this tiny ocean monument with firearms against rival stations and British vessels, creating a sovereign paradox that outlasted the death of its founder. Only one resident remains inside the rusting steel towers, keeping alive a nation built on stubbornness rather than territory.

Sealand is shown as a fort on the public map of East Suffolk. The saved point is the map point or the centre of its mapped shape.

Sealand was built in the late 16th century by Sir John Fortescue as a defensive structure during the Anglo-Spanish War. It is remembered as an example of Elizabethan military architecture and as part of the coastal defenses of East Anglia.

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