What is recorded here
Martello Tower and T34 is a castle, fort or tower in Tendring, England. Perhaps it watched the sea for invaders or marked a boundary nobody remembers. Maybe the stones still hold heat from lanterns burned during long dark winters.
A named place photographed at this map point in Tendring.
A Martello Tower, built in the early 19th century as part of a coastal defense system against potential French invasion, with T34 possibly referring to a later military structure or identification code. It is important as a historical example of British defensive architecture during the Napoleonic Wars.
Places near here
Martello TowerListed building · 9 yd
Bateman's TowerListed building · 895 yd
Pill Box on Mersea IslandIsland · 1141 yd
Eastern Tip of Mersea IslandIsland · 1.0 mi
Cliff StrataCliff or headland · 1.2 mi
Colne Point Landing BeachBeach · 1.5 mi
Rat IslandNature reserve · 2.0 mi
Coopers BeachBeach · 2.1 mi
Thorrington Tide MillHeritage attraction · 2.3 mi.jpg?width=1280)
Remains of St Osyth's Priory including the ruinous sections of a mid-C16 mansionScheduled monument · 2.3 mi
Martin's Farm Country ParkNature reserve · 2.4 mi
Wreck of 'Fly' a Ballast Barge built in Devon in 1899Shipwreck · 3.0 miOther information
Photo: Glyn Baker · CC BY-SA 2.0