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Landguard Fort is a bastion fort constructed in the 1660s on the Suffolk coast near Felixstowe, built to defend the strategically important port of Harwich and the approach to the River Orwell against potential foreign invasion. The fort comprises a low, roughly square fortification with angled bastions at its corners, designed according to contemporary military principles to maximise firepower and withstand cannon attack. Its associated field works include outlying earthen defences that formed part of the broader coastal defensive scheme of the period. The fort remains substantially intact and represents an important example of English Civil War and Restoration-era military architecture, having seen action during the Dutch raid of 1667.
Landguard Fort and associated field works is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018969. View the official record →
Landguard Fort is a bastion fort constructed in the 1660s on the Suffolk coast near Felixstowe, built to defend the strategically important port of Harwich and the approach to the River Orwell against potential foreign invasion. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018969.
Landguard Fort and associated field works is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1018969.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Martello Tower P and Wireless Green (1.6 km), Harwich Low Lighthouse (2.2 km), Beacon Hill Fort: a late 19th and 20th century coastal artillery fortification (2.2 km).
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