jetro 5,349 Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 A bit of British history, about the Napoleon wars, and how the British built watch towers along out coast. This one is down the road from me. I know it's in irish, but ye should get the gist of it. Atb j 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
THE STIFFMEISTER 17,636 Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 Martello towers lovely example of one still up at Felixstowe 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jetro 5,349 Posted May 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 1 minute ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said: Martello towers lovely example of one still up at Felixstowe There's a few along the coast here. These two points here, golman head, and slyne head. It's was called the gates of hell by the British navy when they had to watch this part of the coast line Atb j 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 31,602 Posted May 9, 2020 Report Share Posted May 9, 2020 Theres loads of Martello towers all around the world still.....theres one in Sydney Harbour if im not wrong....i used to have a few bits of property on the East Coast around Clacton close to a few of them i think theres still 10 or 12 down that part of the coast Frinton/Walton etc i think a few of them have been bought for residential but the majority of them in Britain at least are listed buildings. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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