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Martello Tower No. 74 on Seaford Esplanade is a coastal defence tower constructed during the Napoleonic Wars in the early nineteenth century. It forms part of the extensive chain of Martello towers built along the Sussex coast between 1805 and 1812 to provide defence against potential French invasion. The tower is a circular brick structure, typical of its class, with gun emplacements designed to command the approaches to Seaford Bay. Now preserved as a scheduled ancient monument, it represents an important surviving example of the military engineering and strategic coastal fortification deployed during this critical period of British history.
Martello tower no 74 on Seaford Esplanade is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017359. View the official record →
Martello Tower No. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017359.
Martello tower no 74 on Seaford Esplanade 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 1017359.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval crypt, Church Street (0.5 km), Hillfort and a bowl barrow on Seaford Head (1.3 km), Napoleonic Barracks 480m south-west of Foxhole Farm, Cuckmere Haven (3.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Martello tower no 74 on Seaford Esplanade's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Martello tower no 74 on Seaford Esplanade stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.