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Monument details

HER Number:TR 02 NE 4
Type of record:Monument
Name:Martello Tower No. 26 (Site of)

Summary

Martello Tower number 26 was one of a pair with number 27 (TR 02 NE 5) guarding the Glodsden Gut sluice gates, opposite St Mary's Church, Dymchurch. It was built in 1805 and demolished in 1871.

Grid Reference:TR 0954 2818
Map Sheet:TR02NE
Parish:DYMCHURCH, SHEPWAY, KENT

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Full description

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A Martello Tower is shown on the OS 1" 1st Edition at TR 09382819 but not on the OS 6" 1961. (1)

There are now no visible remains of this tower. (2)

TR 095281. Martello Tower number 26 was one of a pair with number 27 (TR 02 NE 5) guarding the Glodsden Gut sluice gates, opposite St Mary's Church, Dymchurch. It was built in 1805 and demolished in 1871. (3,4) Historic England archive materil: FL00713 Dymchurch Martello Towers, Dymchurch, Kent This material has not yet been fully catalogued. Copyright, date, and quantity information for this record may be incomplete or inaccurate


<1> R1 MSG 12-MAR-1962 (OS Card Reference). SKE48935.

<2> F1 ASP 15-MAR-1963 (OS Card Reference). SKE42126.

<3> Martello Towers 1972 91 (S Sutcliffe) (OS Card Reference). SKE46561.

<4> Handbook of Kent's Defences 1540-1945 1977 37 (D Bennett) (OS Card Reference). SKE43678.

<5> Field report for monument TR 02 NE 4 - March, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5036.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: R1 MSG 12-MAR-1962.
<2>OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 15-MAR-1963.
<3>OS Card Reference: Martello Towers 1972 91 (S Sutcliffe).
<4>XYOS Card Reference: Handbook of Kent's Defences 1540-1945 1977 37 (D Bennett). [Mapped feature: #37193 Martello tower, ]
<5>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 02 NE 4 - March, 1963.