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Tower 23 was restored externally in the early 1970s and is currently a private residence. Tower 24 was then restored using Tower 23 as a guide. In 1969, it became the first Martello tower to be opened to the public and remains as a museum of the Martello Towers, owned by English Heritage. It has a
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act as custodians of the tower on behalf of English Heritage and manage its openings to the public, both on a regular basis and bespoke visits. The tower is open every Saturday, Sunday and bank holiday from 2 pm to 4 pm, Easter to October.
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The towers, ranging along the Kent and East Sussex shoreline, were built in the early years of the nineteenth century as part of a coastal defence programme against a threatened French invasion under
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with its counterpart Tower no 25 (which is now largely derelict).
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England. It stands immediately behind the sea wall.
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Dymchurch
51°01′29″N 0°59′47″E / 51.024783°N 0.996347°E / 51.024783; 0.996347
OS grid reference
TR10164 29252
Kent
English Heritage
Scheduled monument
1014626
Listed Building
1061124
Dymchurch Martello Tower is located in Kent
Martello tower
Dymchurch
Kent
English Heritage
scheduled monument
Grade II listed building
Napoleon
sluices
muzzle-loading
Friends of Martello24
"Martello tower no 24 at Dymchurch"
"Martello Tower No 24, Dymchurch"
"DYMCHURCH MARTELLO TOWER, KENT"
Martello Towers
Google Books


"Dymchurch Martello Tower"

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