Martello tower
A Martello tower is a type of small defensive fort that was built across the British Empire during the 19th century, from the time of the French Revolutionary Wars onwards.
- Type: Historical site
- Description: small defensive fort
- Also known as: “Martello Tower”, “Martello Towers”, “圆形石堡”, and “馬特洛塔”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Folkestone Roman Villa and Martello Tower No. 2.
Folkestone Roman Villa
Archaeological site
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Capel-le-Ferne and Old Hawkinge.
Old Hawkinge
Village
Hawkinge is a town and civil parish in the Folkestone and Hythe district of Kent, England. Old Hawkinge is situated 2 miles north of Martello tower.
Sandgate
Village
Photo: Jamesedits, Public domain.Martello tower
- Categories: type of building, battery tower, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Folkestone, Shepway District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.0884° or 51° 5′ 18″ north
Longitude
1.19703° or 1° 11′ 49″ east
Elevation
167 feet (51 metres)
Open location code
9F3335QW+9R
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Martello tower” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Martellotoring”
- Basque: “Martello dorrea”
- Catalan: “Torre Martello”
- Chinese: “馬泰羅塔”
- Danish: “Martellotårn”
- Dutch: “Martellotoren”
- Esperanto: “Martello-turoj”
- Estonian: “Martello torn”
- Finnish: “Martello-torni”
- French: “tour Martello”
- French: “Tour Martello”
- German: “Martello-Turm”
- Hebrew: “מגדלי מרטלו”
- Hungarian: “Martello-torony”
- Italian: “Torre Martello”
- Japanese: “マーテロー塔”
- Latin: “Turris Mortella”
- Latvian: “Martello tornis”
- Lithuanian: “Martelas”
- Macedonian: “мартело”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “martellotårn”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Martellotårn”
- Norwegian: “Martellotårn”
- Polish: “Martello tower”
- Polish: “Wieża Martello”
- Russian: “Мартелло”
- Slovenian: “martellski stolp”
- Slovenian: “Martellski stolp”
- Spanish: “martello”
- Spanish: “Martello”
- Tagalog: “Toreng Martello”
- Turkish: “Martello kulesi”
- Ukrainian: “Башти Мартелло”
- Welsh: “tŵr Martelo”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Foord and Folkestone Warren.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: Burstin Hotel and Folkestone Breakwater.
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