Martello Tower 73 / Wish Tower (Eastbourne) Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 5/25/2016
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This cache is a 35mm film pot placed at ground level.

The Wish Tower (visit link) :
The Wish Tower is one of 103 gun towers built on the south and east coasts of England to defend against a potential invasion by Napoleon Bonaparte in the early 1800s. It was built when Eastbourne was four or five small settlements and, along with the Redoubt Fortress about a mile to the east, is probably Eastbourne seafront’s oldest surviving resident.

There were 74 Martello Towers built on the south coast between Folkestone and Seaford – these towers were numbered. Originally the tower immediately to the east of the Eastbourne Redoubt Fortress was numbered 1. Later on, the Wish Tower and the Seaford Tower were built and instead of a number, were just named. Later still, the towers were renumbered from the Folkestone end and the Wish Tower became Tower 73.

In addition to the Kent and Sussex Towers, there were 29 added in Suffolk and Essex, but these were designated with letters, rather than numbers.

Of the 103 towers built, only 43 remain – and only two remain in public hands and largely unspoiled: one in Dymchurch owned, and recently restored by English Heritage and The Wish Tower. The Dymchurch tower is not set within a moat so all these factors together serve to make Eastbourne’s Wish Tower unique.

Information on the many other Martello Towers can be found here: (visit link)

Wish Tower photos:
Here are links to photos of the Wish Tower from years gone by:
1932: (visit link)
1933: (visit link)
1936: (visit link)
1949: (visit link)
1949: (visit link)

Wish Tower postcards:
I will attach pictures of some of the postcards that I have of the Wish Tower.
(Please feel free to upload your photos and postcards.)

It is understood that Hitler may have used some of the early holiday postcards to build up a picture of Britain's likely defences.

He would have been in for a big surprise if he expected the tower to still look like it did on the 1930's pictures.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Pna lbh qnapr Gur Zvyvgnel G.. F...?

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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