Monument record ADB 186 - Fort (Site of); Battery (site of); Brudenell Street

Fort/s located on late 16th, 1594, 1779, 1787, 1790 and early 19th century maps of Aldeburgh (tithe & enclosure maps not checked).
On the1779 - 1790 mapping the Fort is usually shown as semi-circular and as being just to the seaward side and a road (now Brudenell Road). By the early 19th century it is still extant (at approximately TM 4648 5610) but by the 1882 mapping has gone, with Brudenell terrace having been constructed just to its landward side. Elements may survive at subsoil level. In June 1779 it is denoted as @Battery Unservisable'. By Nov 1779 it is marked as 'Eight-Gun Battery' following the constuction of military encampments around the town.
On one of the 1594 maps the Fort is depicted as being square and more "forward" at the front of the beach (at approx TM 4653 5607), and is not shown to be parallel with the town hall, suggesting that a large portion of the beach (Fort included) was submerged and the fort rebuilt further from the sea line by 1790 (S1).