Castles · South East England
Sandown Castle
In or near Sandown.
Sandown Castle — Device Fort built at Sandown on the Isle of Wight.
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Sandown Castle is a castle in south east. Established 1545. (Device Fort built at Sandown on the Isle of Wight.) Wikipedia notes: "Sandown Castle was a Device Fort built at Sandown on the Isle of Wight by Henry VIII in 1545 to protect against the threat of French attack. Constructed from stone with angular bastions, its design was a hybrid of Italian military architectural thinking with traditional English military design.". Coordinates 50.6572°, -1.1475°. Sources are credited at the bottom of this page.
- Coordinates
- 50.6572, -1.1475
- Established
- 1545
Sources
- wikidata: Q7416496 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Sandown Castle, Isle of Wight (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Sandown castle plan 1559.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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