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St Anns Fort
Hob Uid: 356532
Location : Norfolk King's Lynn and West Norfolk Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : TF6181020580
Summary : Fort built circa 1570, fragmentary remains including a wall, survive. It was the major fortification in Lynn until replaced by defences outside the town in 1839.
More information : (TF 61812058) ST ANN'S FORT (NR) (Site of) (TF 61832061) FORT WALL (NR) (Remains of) (1) (TF 61812058) ST ANN'S FORT (NR) (remains of) (2) In 1570-1 the Chamberlains' Accounts (a) record payment for the erection of St Ann's Fort, a building which is shown clearly on a manuscript map of 1589 (in private hands) and of which fragmentary remains survive. (3) Located in the North-West corner of the town where the Fisher Fleet joined the Ouse, the battery originally consisted of an earthwork platform for cannon, some buildings and a section of wall and gate giving access to the Fisher Fleet. in 1625, privateer raids on Lynn lad to the petitioning the King for 12 guns for the battery, which were delivered. Even as late as 1778, when the ten guns in the fort were replaced by ten 18-pounders, the battery had no protective parapet, and until its decommissioning in 1839, it was never more than a coastal battery. (4)

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Source details : OS 1:500 1886
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Source details : OS 1:2500 1967
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Source Number : 3
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Source details : Md Arch Society Monograph NO 7 'Excavations in King' Lynn' 1963-1970, 1977 436 photo (H Clarke & A Carter)
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Source Number : 3a
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Source details : King's Lynn Muniments Chamberlains' Accounts 184
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Source Number : 4
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Built 1570
Monument End Date : 1570
Monument Start Date : 1570
Monument Type : Coastal Battery
Evidence : Structure

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Decommissioned 1839
Monument End Date : 1839
Monument Start Date : 1839
Monument Type : Coastal Battery
Evidence : Structure

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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Norfolk)
External Cross Reference Number : 5486
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TF 62 SW 16
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