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What about the one in key west?

Well, yes, what about it indeed? Does it exist? Can you tell us about it?

1 half a million bricks?
2 Towers on the west coast of Ireland
3 Number of Irish towers
4 Aldeburgh Martello tower
5 Destruction
6 Lettering of East Anglia Towers

[edit] half a million bricks?

Can somebody provide verification for this statement in the leading paragraph, it sound a lot like an off the cuff remark rather then an actual fact. Kglavin 07:25, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

I agree - I've taken it out until someone can find a source for it. -- ChrisO 19:21, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Towers on the west coast of Ireland

I seem to remember a Tower on the west coast of Ireland, somewhere on the southern end of Gallway Bay. I assume it was one of a number of such towers in the area, defending the Bay. It does not appear in this list, however. 70.48.6.166 18:18, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Was it the tower at Finavarra, near Kinvarra? see http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/history/fortifications/chap12_finvarra.htm

BrownHairedGirl 13:26, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Number of Irish towers

I dispute the number of Irish Martello towers, so will change the statement. In my recent research I have counted mention of around 40 towers of which about half were built on the east coast and around 30 still exist for sure. Does anyone have a copy of the book Martello Towers of Ireland by Victor Enoch we could use as reference? I wuld like to expand this section. ww2censor 14:14, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Aldeburgh Martello tower

The martello tower at Aldeburgh is the most northerly and the largest Martello Tower in England. It is built in a quatrafoil formation and had a moat and bridge wich has been parially destryed by the sea. In side the four foils center on a large central area covered with a huge mass masonary dome which is built in a parabola creating sound reflections. These refections make it hard to hear the person standing next to yu though you can hear exeptionally clearly the person the othere end of the room.

[edit] Destruction

MAny 1/3 of martello towers are no longer standing primarilly due to errosion by the sea. The number of towers lost olling streaches is an indicator of the coastal change since the napoleonic wars