Castles · South East England
Brownsea Castle
In or near Poole.
Brownsea Castle — grade II listed Device Fort in Purbeck, United Kingdom.
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About
Brownsea Castle is a castle in south east. Established 1545. (16th century fortification in Dorset, England.) Wikipedia notes: "Brownsea Castle, also known historically as Branksea Castle, was originally a Device Fort constructed by Henry VIII between 1545 and 1547 to protect Poole Harbour in Dorset, England, from the threat of French attack. Located on Brownsea Island, it comprised a stone blockhouse with a hexagonal gun platform.". Coordinates 50.6883°, -1.9583°. Sources are credited at the bottom of this page.
- Coordinates
- 50.6883, -1.9583
- Established
- 1545
Sources
- wikidata: Q18708353 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Brownsea Castle (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Brownsea Castle seen from sea.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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