Martello tower, a photo from Suffolk, England

Photographer's Note

Suffolk has a number of martello look-out towers, this one, at Shingle St, is rented out during the summer months.

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davey590 (271) 2005-10-14 16:57

I know this place
Pity it was a dull day
its even got your favourite type of signpost in it
Nice One
TFS
Dave R
ps love your intro photo

FORJP001 (3819) 2007-04-29 18:15

While using the name «Martello » in the search engine of TE, 13 different Martello towers appears across the world. About 200 of those towers were built in the 1800 around the British coasts. They were shot by photographers of

• Québec city (Canada) (Tower No 1 and No 3);
• Grouville Bay, Channel Island;
• Skerries, Dublin, Ireland;
• Alderburch, Suffolk, England;
• Shingle St, Suffolk, England;
• Sandycove, Dublin, Ireland;
• Portmarnock, Dublin, Ireland;
• Sydney Harbour, Australia;

En 1794, au cap Mortella, en Corse (France), une petite tour de guet occupée par l'armée française causait bien des soucis à l'amirauté anglaise.

Le gouvernement britannique utilisa le concept des Français et construisit en 1794 la première tour du genre à Halifax (Canada) et par la suite en construisit plus de 200 sur les côtes anglaises. Cette construction a alors porté le nom de tour Martello.

This is an historic piece of a military complex imported from the French by the British and built around the world. Your shot is as important as he twelve others pictures under the name of Martello in the TE search engine.

Thanks for sharing this lovely tower,

Jean-Pierre