The Gatehouse website record for Mersea Stone, East Mersea

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Mersea Island, Cudmore Grove

In the civil parish of East Mersea. In the historic county of Essex (Modern Authority of Essex, 1974 county of Essex).

Vanished Henry VIII artillery fortification, guarding the mouth of the Colne, built 1543, a triangular earthwork bulwark, with semi curcular bastions at the apex of each 300 foot long side. However SMR record reads " Fort with 4-6 guns, ditch and drawbridge built in 1547. It was allowed to fall into decay but repaired in 1587 and was still considered effective in 1631. By 1656 it was in use as a house". A single turret is visible from the air in the saltmarsh beyond the sea wall.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TM07191516

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 924158
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is 2217 'grey' literature, such as watching brief reports, held by H.E.R.s is often poorly referenced and is unlikely to be recorded in this website.

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