New England Defenses:General disclaimer

UPDATED OCTOBER 6TH, 2023

General

       This website was created for the documentation of the Forts of New England including Gun Batteries Fort Fire Control Towers etc. This site does not include camps, air force stations, navy bases, torpedo stations nor radar sites (Some exceptions). Any documents displayed on this site are public records or can be accessed by requesting said documents from their original source which I would be happy to provide you with. There are no classified government documents displayed on this website. Many of the sites shown on this website were accessed with EXPLICIT PERMISSION from the landowner or organization who oversees the site. Trespassing IS AN ARRESTABLE OFFENSE!!!! The New England Defenses website and organization is run and operated by Julian Malcolm not any commercial organization or company. I (Julian Malcolm) will not hold accountability for your stupid choices. Contributors on this site can be found via their user page with a contact for inquiries on this website only!

Safety

Exploring Coastal Defense sites is very dangerous if the person is not well prepared or knowledgeable on the current condition of that site. Being careless around these sites can lead to serious injury or even death. We do not recommend that inexperienced people explore these sites as many are unsafe and are deteriorating rapidly. It is important to know what you are getting into and just make sure to use common sense. If a site is fenced off, it is probably for good reason. I am not a professional explorer, but I do know my way around forts and do proper research regarding their safety. Do not do what I do. New England Defenses or any of our affiliates ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE for INJURY or INFRACTIONS from the exploration of Coastal Defense Sites.

Technical Disclaimer

When reading pages some images are of a large size and may need time to load even on good internet connections! I would recommend your web browser is up to date and you are not running any browser that has not been updated recently as it will affect the way the website works. A preference that can be set by the guest on the top right of the screen is the "Dark Mode" function. This option may not work on all devices or browsers. Some PDFs are displayed on our site and will use your browsers default PDF viewer. If the PDF is unreadable with the online viewer, you should have the option to save the file to your computer or phone. YouTube videos are also displayed throughout the site and can be played with the embedded player or YouTube's player which will require a browser supported by YouTube Internet Explorer will not work well with this site as it was discontinued on June 15th, 2022. If you have any questions about the website, please email admin @ nedefenses.com. Thank you for taking the time to visit.

Language

Because many of these coastal fortifications have been abandoned for so many years without supervision, people have taken advantage of these places and "tagged" them with profanity, gore and other disturbing things. It is very hard to capture all the details of a coastal defense site without capturing some profanity in your shots. Due to my lack of knowledge on photoshop, none of the photos are edited or blurred on this site. What you see is what I saw when I was there. This is just the reality of visiting abandoned places.