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Latitude: 51.9559 / 51°57'21"N
Longitude: 1.2707 / 1°16'14"E
OS Eastings: 624829
OS Northings: 233656
OS Grid: TM248336
Mapcode National: GBR VQJ.B30
Mapcode Global: VHLCF.Z34F
Plus Code: 9F33X74C+97
Entry Name: South Martello Tower Approximately 200 Metres East of Bristol Hill on the Site of Former Hms Ganges, Royal Naval Training Establishment
Listing Date: 23 February 1989
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1351654
English Heritage Legacy ID: 277507
ID on this website: 101351654
Location: Shotley Gate, Babergh, Suffolk, IP9
County: Suffolk
District: Babergh
Civil Parish: Shotley
Built-Up Area: Shotley Gate
Traditional County: Suffolk
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Suffolk
Church of England Parish: Shotley St Mary
Church of England Diocese: St.Edmundsbury and Ipswich
TM 23 SW SHOTLEY off BRISTOL HILL
6/55 South Martello Tower approx
200 metres east of Bristol
Hill on the site of former
HMS Ganges, Royal Naval
Training Establishment
- II
Martello Tower. Circa 1808-1812. Roughcast brick. Stone rusticated dressings
with keystones to 4 doorways. Windows blocked. Stone coping. The large circular
tower now supports a tall metal tower with pointed leaded roof, a C20 brick look-
out room and a mast with 2 yards. The ground floor is brick vaulted, the arch
springing from a brick centre column. Built as part of defensive system to East
and South Coasts during theNapebleonic war.This tower is of the larger, elliptical
East Coast type.
Listing NGR: TM2482933656
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