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Dartmouth Castle

In or near Dartmouth.

Dartmouth Castle — Grade I listed Device Fort in Dartmouth, United Kingdom.

Dartmouth Castle

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Dartmouth Castle is a castle in south west. Established 1388. (Grade I listed Device Fort in Dartmouth, UK.) Wikipedia notes: "Dartmouth Castle is an artillery fort, built to protect Dartmouth harbour in Devon, England. The earliest parts of the castle date from the 1380s, when, in response to the threat of a French attack, the civic authorities created a small enclosure castle overlooking the mouth of the Dart estuary.". Coordinates 50.3423°, -3.5659°. Sources are credited at the bottom of this page.

Coordinates
50.3423, -3.5659
Established
1388

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