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Ditribution map of artillery forts and boom towers

List of Chain or Boom Towers in England

Certain
Possible
Questionable
Doubtful
Rejected
Confidence is a statement of the site as a medieval fortification or palace

 

Name Alternative Name(s) County Remains
Fowey Blockhouse Fowey Castle Cornwall Major
Penryn Harbour Chain Cornwall Nothing visible
Polruan Blockhouse Polruan Castle Cornwall Major
Dartmouth Gommerock Harbour Chain Devon Cropmarks/slight earthworks
Plymouth Blockhouse and Harbour Chain Devon Nothing visible
Hartlepool Chain Towers Durham; County Palatinate of Uncertain
East Cowes Old Castle Point Hampshire Nothing visible
Gosport Tower Fort Blockhouse; Lymdens Bulwark; Chiderodd Hampshire Nothing visible
Portsmouth Round Tower Hampshire Major
Norwich City Wall and Cow Tower Norwici Norfolk Major
York City Wall Bootham Bar; Micklegate Bar; Walmgate Bar; Fishergate Bar; Monk Bar; Castlegate Postern; Fishergate Postern; Layerthorpe Postern; Skeldergate Postern Yorkshire Ainsty & York Major
Kingston upon Hull, South End chain tower Yorkshire East Riding Nothing visible

This listing was last updated on Sunday, April 8, 2007

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