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Defending East Anglia’s Invasion Coast![Martello Tower CC, Aldeburgh [English Heritage]](pictures/martello.jpg)
with Alan Lockwoodat Tranmer House, Sutton Hoo (map)
An exploration of the means by which East Anglia was protected against raiders and invaders from the 16th to 20th Centuries
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| 10.00 | Coffee on arrival | ||
| 10.15 | Suffolk’s Strategic Coastline - Henry VIII’s blockhouses, earth forts, and the Dutch invasion of 1667. | ||
| 11.15 | Coffee | ||
| 11.30 | Brick Forts and Martello Towers – 18th and 19th century developments. | ||
| 12.30 | Lunch break | ||
| 14:00 | Almost Modern - Landguard’s state-of-the-art defences of the 1870’s; the Rifled Muzzle Loading Guns; the submarine mining of Harwich Harbour. | ||
| 15:00 | Tea break | ||
| 15:15 | Rearming for the 20th Century – new guns, new batteries; the end of an era. | ||
| 16:15 | Close |
Since retiring from a career in mechanical engineering, Alan Lockwood has furthered his life-long interest in churches, castles, and fortifications and has become a serious military historian with Felixstowe Museum and the Landguard Fort Trust. He is also a specialist in Martello Towers and in the Submarine Mining of harbours.
Baker Brown, Lieut.-Colonel W., The History of Submarine Mining in the British Army [The Royal Engineers Institute, Chatham, 1910]
Clements, W.H., Towers of Strength [Pen & Sword 1999]
Hainsworth, R., & C.Church, The Anglo-Dutch Naval Wars [Sutton 1998]
Hogg, I.V., A History of Artillery [Hamlyn 1874]
Hussey, F., Suffolk Invasion [Terence Dalton 1983]
Kent, P., Fortifications of East Anglia [Terence Dalton 1988]
Leslie, Major J.F., The History of Landguard Fort in Suffolk [Eyre & Spottiswode 1898]
Saunders, A., Fortress Britain [Beaufort 1989]
Sutcliffe, S., Martello Towers [David & Charles 1972]
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Wuffing Education,
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