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Manor Terrace, FELIXSTOWE, IP11 2GD

I presume that this square bit of grassed-over area belongs to the Martello Tower seen in the background, which originally would have been surrounded by a high cast-iron fence that has almost completely disappeared by now. Small concrete and tiled hardstandings, perhaps hut bases, can be seen dotted about, much overgrown. The paths traversing it serve as shortcuts for walkers who are trying to reach the esplanade and the beach beyond by the shortest possible route.

Seen just south of the Martello Tower.

Terrace houses along Manor Terrace Felixstowe Suffolk.

The shingle on the promenade is not supposed to be there; it has been thrown up during high water storms. New flood defences should prevent that happening in the foreseeable future. According to one of the beach hut owners, water has been known to be a metre high along this section of the promenade, causing the huts to float and incur substantial damage.

This view was taken looking along the broken cast iron fence that once surrounded the nearby Martello tower > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2961716.

Sand and shingle has recently been added to the top of the beach as a flood prevention measure. But it is already being eroded away as waves undercut the new area of beach. In the distance is the new groyne 13.

South of the town.

Martello towers are small defensive forts built during the 19th century, from the time of the Napoleonic Wars onwards. They stand up to 40 feet (12m) high and have two floors, commonly housing a garrison comprising one officer and 15 to 25 men. Their round structure and thick walls of solid masonry made them resistant to cannon fire, while their height made them an ideal platform for a single heavy artillery piece which was mounted on the flat roof and able to traverse a 360° arc. With the introduction of powerful rifled artillery they became obsolete but many have survived, sometimes converted into private dwellings, housing a museum or used by the coastguard, such as this one. Many are preserved as historic monuments.

Martello towers are small defensive forts built during the 19th century, from the time of the Napoleonic Wars onwards. They stand up to 40 feet (12m) high and have two floors, commonly housing a garrison comprising one officer and 15 to 25 men. Their round structure and thick walls of solid masonry made them resistant to cannon fire, while their height made them an ideal platform for a single heavy artillery piece which was mounted on the flat roof and able to traverse a 360° arc. With the introduction of powerful rifled artillery they became obsolete but many have survived, sometimes converted into private dwellings, housing a museum or used by the coastguard, such as this one. Many are preserved as historic monuments.

The fence would once have surrounded the Martello tower seen in the background. Now only short sections of it are left standing. Martello towers are small defensive forts built during the 19th century, from the time of the Napoleonic Wars onwards. They stand up to 40 feet (12m) high and have two floors, commonly housing a garrison comprising one officer and 15 to 25 men. Their round structure and thick walls of solid masonry made them resistant to cannon fire, while their height made them an ideal platform for a single heavy artillery piece which was mounted on the flat roof and able to traverse a 360° arc. With the introduction of powerful rifled artillery they became obsolete but many have survived, sometimes converted into private dwellings, housing a museum or used by the coastguard, such as this one. Many are preserved as historic monuments.