Ground Floor | The Martello P Tower

MAIN ENTRANCE TO FIRST FLOOR VIA STAIR

MAGAZINE

STAIRCASE TO FF

Detailed Internal Views of Ground Floor

360 panorama photographs can be seen by clicking the interactive buttons in each work area below

CARTRIDGE

LIGHTING PASSAGE

The ground floor was reserved for powder on the seaward side, where the wall was strongest, with the ammunition on the opposite wall. Some towers had a cavity hollowed into the thickest part of the wall, likely for storing the most dangerous materials.

Tower 13 at Hythe was divided into two floors. The high-level entrance door opened into the first floor which usually housed the living quarters. A trap door and ladder gave access to the ground floor, and there is a trap door which we are currently investigating .