Castles · South East England
Sandown Castle
In or near Deal.
Sandown Castle — former artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII in Sandown, Kent, England, UK.
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About
Sandown Castle is a castle in south east. Established 1539. (Former artillery fort in Sandown, Kent.) Wikipedia notes: "Sandown Castle was an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII in Sandown, Kent, 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 defended the strategically important Downs anchorage off the English coast.". Coordinates 51.2384°, 1.4022°. Sources are credited at the bottom of this page.
- Coordinates
- 51.2384, 1.4022
- Established
- 1539
Sources
- wikidata: Q7416497 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Sandown Castle, Kent (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: The site of Sandown Castle - geograph.org.uk - 585517.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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