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Monument details

HER Number:TR 13 SE 8
Type of record:Monument
Name:Site of Martello Tower No. 11

Summary

A post mediaeval Martello tower, number 11, which was built in 1806 as part of the coastal defence system against an invasion from Napoleonic France. It was demolished later in the 19th century when the Marine Parade promenade was constructed.

Grid Reference:TR 1649 3422
Map Sheet:TR13SE
Parish:HYTHE, SHEPWAY, KENT

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Full description

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A Martello Tower (No.11) is shown on the OS 1" 1st Edition at TR 16493422 but not on the OS 6" 1961. (1) No trace; site occupied by promenade and private houses. (2) TR 166342. Martello 11 dated to 1805. (3) Martello 11 together with martello 10 (TR 13 SE 14) and Martello 12 (TR 13 SE 7) were the first of the long line of low-level towers on the shore in front of Hythe. They were demolished during the C19th when the promenade was made. No 11 stood near Saltwood Gardens. (4) The Martello tower referred to above (Source 1) was marked on the Ordnance Survey First Series map (1816) but not on the 1st epoch Ordnance Survey Map (1877), though no Martello towers at Hythe appear to have been marked on this edition. (5-6)


Ordnance Survey, 1816, Ordnance Survey First Series map 1:63360 Sheet 4 (Map). SKE54568.

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

<2> F1 CFW 18-APR-1963 (OS Card Reference). SKE42623.

<3> Handbook of Kent's Defences 1540-1945 1977 38 (D Bennett) (OS Card Reference). SKE43679.

<4> Martello Towers 1972 87 (S Sutcliffe) (OS Card Reference). SKE46558.

<5> Field report for monument TR 13 SE 8 - April, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5375.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
---Map: Ordnance Survey. 1816. Ordnance Survey First Series map 1:63360 Sheet 4.
<1>OS Card Reference: R1 MSG 12-MAR-1962.
<2>OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 18-APR-1963.
<3>XYOS Card Reference: Handbook of Kent's Defences 1540-1945 1977 38 (D Bennett). [Mapped feature: #41802 Martello tower, ]
<4>OS Card Reference: Martello Towers 1972 87 (S Sutcliffe).
<5>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 13 SE 8 - April, 1963.