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Southwold Gun Hill

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Hiham Bulwark

In the civil parish of Southwold.
In the historic county of Suffolk (Modern Authority of Suffolk, 1974 county of Suffolk).

During the invasion scare of 1588, Southwold was defended by an earthen wall costructed along the cliff, with a 2-gun battery on Gun Hill, and a battery at the north end called the Higham Bulwark, just south of the present boating lake. The defences were ruinous in 1626 when a privateer captured a ship in full view of the town, drove the gun crews from the battery and bombarded the town.

This site has been described as a;
Artillery Fort
Linear Defence or Dyke
.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Nothing visible remains.


The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TM508758

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PastScape number; 1394888

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