Tower 67 was built, along with Tower 66, to bolster the firepower of East Langney Fort, situated between them. The tower was sited very close to where the modern sewer outfall is today. It was, by 1851, occupied by the coastguards.
The fate of the tower is now known: whilst some of its neighbours to the west were used for artillery tests in the 1860's, and others washed away, a photograph of the towers to the east was taken from the parapet in about 1910, and the tower was in fact, demolished 12 years later in 1922.
The 1873 report stated that the tower was safe 'for eighty years hence,' but this appears to have been a bit optimistic, although the loss of the tower was caused by man-made groynes.
Because of its proximity to the outfall and the incoming tide, backwash from the tower was proving too much for the groynes erected to protect the outfall. It was these groynes that had also caused East Langney Fort to be consumed by the sea, so perhaps the tower fulfilled its purpose by trying to protect it after all!
Two groynes were washed away during storms on 18-19 October, 1922, and emergency repairs made to a groyne at the foot of the tower. A few tides later, the sea undermined the tower, cracks formed and the main body of masonry slid onto the lower beach.
To prevent further collapse and possible scouring and blockage of the sewer outfall, Eastbourne Borough Council decided to demolish the remains. The stone coping was said to have been removed, along with the cannon, which, according to the minutes of November 14, was to be offered to the Libraries Committee.
A letter in the Eastbourne Gazette of December 13, stated that the 32-pounder was dated 1830 and the cannon embedded in the pillar to hold the gun carriage centre-pin was dated 1615, and bore the monogram of James the First.
Up until July 1998, large pieces of masonry were sometimes uncovered by the tide in the two groynes to the east of the sewer outfall. Granite fire step blocks, the centre pivot slab (in two pieces) and sandstone parapet blocks could be discerned at the low tide mark. In May 1998, one of the iron rings that were originally fixed to the parapet wall to use with block and tackle to move the gun was found lying amongst some parapet blocks.
Unfortunately, the latest groyning efforts to secure the safety of Tower 66 involved the removal of the groynes and the emplacement of large granite boulders near the site of Tower 67, thus covering over the remains.
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