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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?

Contents 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 7 Summary table 8 Scottish Martello Towers 9 Great Britain and Ireland

[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)

That tower is one of two Martellos in Galway. 194.237.142.10 16:18, 12 June 2007 (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)

Most of the towers in Ireland were on the east coast, for various military reasons, and actually, might be better if Martello Towers of Ireland had its own article, with a short piece on each? 194.237.142.10 16:19, 12 June 2007 (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

[edit] Lettering of East Anglia Towers

AFAIK the English East Coast towers are named A to Z (Q Tower is in Felixstowe).

See Martello at http://ukfortsclub.org.uk/wood_index/m.html

[edit] Summary table

It seems rather strange that ChrisO has made a summary table and then only lists one tower in Ireland when there are 15 specifically mentioned in the text and at least 40 extant? If a summary table is to be made then it is likely to become very populated over time and dominate the article especially of you include all the British towers. Ah, I see you changed the title to avoid the British towers. Is there really a point to the table or is the text not enough? ww2censor 23:05, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

While writing this, I see that ChrisO has added the ones in Ireland to the table but I still see it getting big. ww2censor 23:07, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

I'm just covering the non-UK ones. The UK ones are already sufficiently covered by online sources, but there doesn't seem to be a collection of the non-UK ones anywhere on the Net. I estimate there'll probably be about 40-50 with the largest clusters being in Ireland and Canada. -- ChrisO 23:39, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Actually, when these tower were built, Ireland was part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland so even though most of the extant towers on the island of Ireland are outside the current United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the table title is inaccurate. Perhaps the title should be List of Martello towers outside of Great Britain because Great Britain would more accurately describe those towers listed in the table. ww2censor 15:05, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Good point - I've made the change. -- ChrisO 15:11, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Scottish Martello Towers

Why no mention of the Martello Towers in Scotland? There are two in Orkney, and are now owned by Historic Scotland. I have no idea if there are others in Scotland or not. Robert Scarth 14:19, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for that - I've added it to the article. -- ChrisO 14:32, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Great Britain and Ireland

Nice cleanup. You got the gist of my short intro. Thanks. Cheers ww2censor 02:19, 26 March 2007 (UTC)