Castles · South East England
Sandgate Castle
In or near Folkestone.
Sandgate Castle — Grade I listed Device Fort in Sandgate, Kent, England, UK.
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About
Sandgate Castle is a castle in south east. Established 1539. (British fort.) Wikipedia notes: "Sandgate Castle is an artillery fort originally constructed by Henry VIII in Sandgate in Kent, between 1539 and 1540. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect England against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire, and defended a vulnerable point along the coast.". Coordinates 51.0734°, 1.1489°. Sources are credited at the bottom of this page.
- Coordinates
- 51.0734, 1.1489
- Established
- 1539
Sources
- wikidata: Q3028291 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Sandgate Castle (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Sandgate Castle.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Folkestone
Folkestone — town and civil parish in Kent, England.