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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 23 NW 29 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Martello Tower No. 3 |
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Summary
Martello Tower No. 3.
| Grid Reference: | TR 2407 3688 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR23NW |
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| Parish: | FOLKESTONE, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
| Protected Status: | Scheduled Monument 1005159: Two Martello towers, East Cliff, Folkestone: nos. 1 & 3 |
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Full description
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(TR 24063663) Martello Tower (No.3) (NAT) (1) Scheduled. (2) Roofed and in good condition. (3) TR 23993699. Martello tower No.3, built in 1805. This tower is on the cliff edge directly above Copt Point with a good view of the harbour. It is the one that figures prominently in the painting by Turner of Folkestone in 1830. Earlier in this century it was a dwelling a later was connected with the miniature golf links nearby. (4,5) Martello tower No.3, one of three martello towers along the cliff top, on Wear Bay Road, and the easternmost group of this series. The round, three-storeyed towers were built in 1806 as gun-posts against apossible Napoleonic invasion, to plans by colonel Twiss and Captain Ford. The name is taken from the Torne della Moretella on Corsica, which had resisted English attack in 1794. (6)
<1> OS Card / NAR index entry. OS 25" 1956. (OS Card Reference). SKE48410.
<2> OS Card / NAR index entry. AM Eng & Wales 1961 59. (OS Card Reference). SKE48404.
<3> OS Card / NAR index entry. F1 CFW 24.04.64. (OS Card Reference). SKE48408.
<4> Bennett, D., 1977, A Handbook of Kent's Defences 1540-1945, p40 (Monograph). SKE7811.
<5> Sutcliffe, S., 1972, Martello Towers, p86 (Monograph). SKE7818.
<6> OS Card / NAR index entry. Bldgs of Eng NE & E Kent 1980 2327 (J Newman). (OS Card Reference). SKE48407.
<7> Field report for monument TR 23 NW 29 - April, 1964, Field report for monument TR 23 NW 29 - April, 1964. (Bibliographic reference). SKE5614.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: OS Card / NAR index entry. OS 25" 1956.. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: OS Card / NAR index entry. AM Eng & Wales 1961 59.. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: OS Card / NAR index entry. F1 CFW 24.04.64.. |
| <4> | Monograph: Bennett, D.. 1977. A Handbook of Kent's Defences 1540-1945. p40. |
| <5> | Monograph: Sutcliffe, S.. 1972. Martello Towers. p86. |
| <6> | OS Card Reference: OS Card / NAR index entry. Bldgs of Eng NE & E Kent 1980 2327 (J Newman).. |
| <7> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 23 NW 29 - April, 1964. Field report for monument TR 23 NW 29 - April, 1964.. |
Related records
| 465768 | Part of: Copt Point Battery (Monument) |
