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Posted: 08 Nov 2023

Taken: 15 Apr 2021

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Eastbourne Wish Tower area 15 4 2021

Eastbourne Wish Tower area 15 4 2021
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 GrahamH
GrahamH club
I can identify the Wheel and the Huts but what is a Wish Tower?
10 months ago.
 Phil Sutters
Phil Sutters club
The Wish Tower is the name given to the tower at the top of the mound. It is number 73 of a series of circular Martello Towers, built in the Napoleonic wars as a first line of defence in case of invasion by the French. The name 'Wish' seems to have been a variation of Wash - or coastal marshland, which surrounded the area at that time. Most of Eastbourne is of Victorian or later vintage. The Wish Tower is now looked after by a 'Friends' organisation who hold occasional events there.
Martello 74 is the Seaford tower, now used as the town's museum.
10 months ago.

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