Aldeburgh; The Mount

Has been described as a Possible Artillery Fort

There are no visible remains

NameAldeburgh; The Mount
Alternative NamesFort Green
Historic CountrySuffolk
Modern AuthoritySuffolk
1974 AuthoritySuffolk
Civil ParishAldeburgh

In 1588, anti-invasion defences were built at Aldeburgh. The principle defence was The Mount, a large semi-circular battery with seven embrasures in the parapet, and closed at the gorge by a wooden palisade. It stood at the end of a causeway at the low water mark. A little way to the north, but set back at the top of the beach, were two semi-circular batteries mounting four cannon. By the Civil War, it appears that The Mount had disappeared, and at least one of the shore batteries had been swept away by the sea. In 1746 a work for 10 guns was built near the site of The Mount, the present area called Fort Green, but by 1802 nothing was left of the 1746 works. In 1808 the battery was rebuilt with 24-pounder guns. (PastScape)

Gatehouse Comments

Hegart and Newsome write that following Henry VIII's break from Rome 'Aldeburgh received guns in order to allay the fears of the local inhabitant.'

- Philip Davis

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Not Listed

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceTM465559
Latitude52.1467781066895
Longitude1.60189998149872
Eastings646500
Northings255900
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Books

  • Hegarty, Cain and Newsome, Sarah, 2007, Suffolk's Defended Shore (English Heritage) p. 15
  • Kent, Peter, 1999 (3edn), 'Coastal Fortifications, 1500-1900'' in Dymond, David and Martin, Edward (eds) An Historical Atlas of Suffolk (Lavenham) p. 184-5
  • Kent, Peter, 1988, Fortifications of East Anglia (Lavenham: Ternence Dalton) p. 141-3