Dymchurch: Martello Tower Dymchurch: Martello Tower English Heritage

Description


Martello towers were built along the coast to protect the country from invasion. Never used in anger many have now been turned into homes. The tower in the centre of the town is open occasionally and includes a reconstruction of what the inside of one of these towers would have been like during the Napoleonic ear.

Charge


Free to look round the outside, irregular opening (charge if open to go inside)

Getting There


Latitude: 51.024236; Longitude: 0.99547
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Photos


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Web Link


www.english-heritage.org.uk
Disclaimer: Details correct at time of writing (14/04/2013), and on time of last update (18/04/2013) but may no longer be accurate, particularly if some time has passed.