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Ditribution map of artillery forts and boom towers

List of Chain or Boom Towers in England

Certain
Probable
Questionable or Doubtful
Rejected
Confidence is a statement of the site as a medieval fortification or palace

 

Name Alternative Name(s) County Remains
Blackwell Point Middlesex no visible
Dartmouth Gommerock Harbour Chain Devon cropmark/slight earthwork
East Cowes Old Castle Point Hampshire, Isle of Wight no visible
Fowey Blockhouse Fowey Castle Cornwall major building
Gosport Tower Fort Blockhouse; Lymdens Bulwark; Chiderodd; The bulwark of Mr Sperte's making Hampshire no visible
Great Yarmouth coastal defences St Nicholas Gat; South Mount Norfolk no visible
Hartlepool Chain Towers Durham; County Palatinate of no visible
Kingston upon Hull, South End chain tower Yorkshire East Riding no visible
Lee Ness Kent no visible
Norwich City Wall and Cow Tower Norwici Norfolk major building
Penryn harbour chain and defences Cornwall no visible
Plymouth Blockhouse and Harbour Chain Devon no visible
Polruan Blockhouse Polruan Castle Cornwall major building
Portsmouth Round Tower Hampshire major building
Upnor Castle Upnore Kent major building
York City Wall Bootham Bar; Micklegate Bar; Walmgate Bar; Fishergate Bar; Monk Bar; Castlegate Postern; Fishergate Postern; Layerthorpe Postern; Skeldergate Postern Yorkshire Ainsty & York major building
Dover Port Defences Dover Havyn; Clerk's Pier Kent no visible
Gravesend Blockhouse Cranes Bulwark; Le Grene Kent masonry footings
Kingswear Castle Devon major building
West Tilbury Blockhouse, Tilbury Fort The Hermitage Bulwark; Thermitage Bullwark; Johne's Bulwark; Tylbery Essex no visible

This listing was last updated on Tuesday, February 26, 2013

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