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The 186th tallest tower in the world

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Rye Castle
Rye Castle. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

Rye Castle, also known as Ypres Tower, was built in the 13th or 14th centuries, and is situated in Rye, East Sussex, England. It is a Grade I listed building and has been scheduled as an ancient monument.

Building data from Wikidata (CC0); heights normalised. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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