Martello Tower today hosts luxury accommodation but was once a defensive fort, built during the French Revolutionary Wars era. The British government built around 140 such towers across the British Empire during the early 19th century. It's a conspicuous sight in Shingle Street, a small coastal settlement that's in danger of falling victim of coastal erosion and flooding over the next two decades.

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