Marc Wilson
4 February 2013 Last updated at 00:54 GMT Article written by Phil Coomes BBC Picture editor The Last Stand The landscape around us has been shaped by successive generations, moulded to our needs be it for agricultural, economic or transport reasons. Yet within it there are traces of the past that surface from time to time, yet one past trace that I'm sure those of us who live in the British Isles have all seen are the coastal defences rapidly constructed during World War II. The remains of a network of pillboxes and gun emplacements can be found at various coastal locations around the country and a short trip across the English Channel will ensure you come face to face with the Nazi Atlantic Wall that was there to stop the Allied forces returning to mainland Europe, something it failed to achieve. These constructions may lack architectural glamour yet they are important parts of our recent history and do have a certa