Felixstowe Langer Rood

Has been described as a Certain Artillery Fort

There are no visible remains

NameFelixstowe Langer Rood
Alternative NamesFelixstow; Lunger; Walton Ferry
Historic CountrySuffolk
Modern AuthoritySuffolk
1974 AuthoritySuffolk
Civil ParishFelixstowe

One of two Henrican earth and timber bulwark, probably hexagonal, now vanished but probably at Walton Ferry (1.5 km N) where Martello Tower N was. Built 1543, abandoned 1552, but briefly regarrisoned in 1588.

Gatehouse Comments

Not separately mentioned in PastScape or Suffolk HER but probably included in Landguard Fort records. See Langer Point.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceTM276340
Latitude51.9599189758301
Longitude1.31457996368408
Eastings627640
Northings234000
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Books

  • Hegarty, Cain and Newsome, Sarah, 2007, Suffolk's Defended Shore (English Heritage) p. 15-16
  • Salter, Mike, 2001, The Castles of East Anglia (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 87 (mention)
  • 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)
  • King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 2 p. 460
  • Leslie, 1898, History of Languard Fort (London) p. 4-6