A collection of sinister, ramshackle derelict barns and cottages on scrubland covering more than eight square miles, covered with thick vegetation.

Teams of German and Portuguese cops, as well as firefighters, face the daunting task of hunting for clues 18 years on from the disappearance of the British three-year-old in 2007.

German and Portuguese police Wednesday continued their search near the Praia da Luz resort in Portugal for Madeleine McCann, the British child missing since 2007.

A collection of sinister, ramshackle derelict barns and cottages on scrubland covering more than eight square miles, covered with thick vegetation.

The new search for clues related to the disappearance of Madeleine McCann has ended, after dozens of police were seen packing up investigative equipment at the Portuguese site.

German and Portuguese officers searched area for three days close to where the British toddler went missing in 2007