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Latitude: 51.0634 / 51°3'48"N
Longitude: 1.0742 / 1°4'27"E
OS Eastings: 615500
OS Northings: 133837
OS Grid: TR155338
Mapcode National: GBR V0S.8DF
Mapcode Global: FRA F649.N9M
Entry Name: Martello Tower (No 14)
Listing Date: 21 December 1973
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1319907
English Heritage Legacy ID: 175167
Location: Hythe, Shepway, Kent, CT21
County: Kent
District: Shepway
Civil Parish: Hythe
Built-Up Area: Hythe
Traditional County: Kent
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent
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1253 THE RANGES
Martello Tower
(No 14)
TR 13 SE 5/78A
II
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Erected in 1806 as part of the coastal defence-system against an invasion from
Napoleonic France. Built of brick with a coating of cement on the outside.
The walls are 5½ to 6 ft thick. It is built around a centre column 5 ft thick
and consists of 2 storeys with a flat roof as a gun platform.
Listing NGR: TR1550033837
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