The Gatehouse website record for Aldeburgh; The Mount

In the civil parish of Aldeburgh. In the historic county of Suffolk (Modern Authority of Suffolk, 1974 county of Suffolk).

In 1588, anti-invasion defences were built at Aldeburgh. The principle defence was The Mount, a large semi-circular battery with seven embrasures in the parapet, and closed at the gorge by a wooden palisade. It stood at the end of a causeway at the low water mark. A little way to the north, but set back at the top of the beach, were two semi-circular batteries mounting four cannon. By the Civil War, it appears that The Mount had disappeared, and at least on of the shore batteries had been swept away by the sea. In 1746 a work for 10 guns was built near the site of The Mount, the present area called Fort Green, but by 1802 nothing was left of the 1746 works. In 1808 the battery was rebuilt with 24-pounder guns. (PastScape)
Hegart and Newsome write that following Henry VIII's break from Rome 'Aldeburgh received guns in order to allay the fears of the local inhabitant.'

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TM465559

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This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 1394873
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