Castles · South East England
Calshot Castle
In or near Cowes.
Calshot Castle — artillery fort on the Calshot Spit, Hampshire, England, UK.
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Calshot Castle is a castle in south east. Established 1539. (Artillery fort in Hampshire, England.) Wikipedia notes: "Calshot Castle is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII on the Calshot Spit, Hampshire, England, between 1539 and 1540. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire and defend Southampton Water as it met the Solent.". Coordinates 50.8199°, -1.3074°. Sources are credited at the bottom of this page.
- Coordinates
- 50.8199, -1.3074
- Established
- 1539
- Official site
- www.english-heritage.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q5023957 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Calshot Castle (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Calshot castle sept 2013.JPG (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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