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Monument Number 924158

Hob Uid: 924158
Location :
Essex
Colchester
East Mersea
Grid Ref : TM0719015160
Summary : A Tudor artillery castle and blockhouse situated on Mersea Island evident as earthwork remains, roughly triangular in plan. The blockhouse was commissioned by Henry VIII in 1543 to protect the strategically important Colne estuary.
More information : (TM 07201518) Tudor blockhouse surviving as a faint earthwork. The site was recognised from the air and subsequently surveyed. It has been partially destroyed by construction of the sea wall. The fort was built in 1547 and appears to have been an earthen structure - there is no evidence for brick or stonework. It was abandoned in 1552, refortified in the 1580's and still in use in 1631. It appears on a map dated to 1656, around the time it finally fell into disuse. The remainning earthwork survived to be recorded by the OS in 1897. (1)

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Listed by Cathcart King. It was actured in 1648. (5)
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Vol(s) : 30, 1931
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Source details : English Heritage Schedule Entry 16/01/1996
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Monument Types:
Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : 1543
Monument End Date : 1543
Monument Start Date : 1543
Monument Type : Blockhouse, Artillery Castle
Evidence : Earthwork
Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Captured 1648
Monument End Date : 1648
Monument Start Date : 1648
Monument Type : Artillery Castle, Blockhouse
Evidence : Earthwork
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 24881
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TM 01 NE 47
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Activity type : ARCHITECTURAL SURVEY
Start Date : 2003-01-01
End Date : 2003-12-31