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Also known as artillery castle at Walmer

castle in Kent, England, UK

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It is catalogued under topics including 1540 establishments in England, 16th-century fortifications and Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington.

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Walmer Castle -RAWscan - Download Free 3D model by Andrea Spognetta (Spogna) (@spogna) [673d94a]

Walmer Castle is an artillery fort originally constructed by Henry VIII in Walmer, 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. Comprising a keep and four circular bastions, the moated stone castle covered 0.61 acres (0.25 ha) and had 39 firing positions on the upper levels for artillery. It cost the Crown a total of £27,092 to build the three castles of Walmer, Sandown, and Deal, which lay adjacent to one another along the coast and were connected by earthwork defences. The original invasion threat passed, but during the Second English Civil War of 1648–49, Walmer was seized by pro-Royalist insurgents and was only retaken by Parliamentary forces after several months’ fighting. wikipedia coordinates: 51.200580, 1.402043 photogrammetry from video - Walmer Castle -RAWscan - Download Free 3D model by Andrea Spognetta (Spogna) (@spogna)

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Walmer Castle is an artillery fort originally constructed by Henry VIII in Walmer, 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. Comprising a keep and four circular bastions, the moated stone castle covered 0.61 acres (0.25 ha) and had 39 firing positions on the upper levels for artillery. It cost the Crown a total of £27,092 to build the three castles of Walmer, Sandown, and Deal, which lay adjacent to one another along the coast and were connected by earthwork defences. The original invasion threat passed, but during the Second English Civil War of 1648–49, Walmer was seized by pro-Royalist insurgents and was only retaken by Parliamentary forces after several months’ fighting. wikipedia

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Walmer Castle
inception
1539-00-00
street address
Kingsdown Road, Deal CT14 7LJ
postal code
CT14 7LJ
OS grid reference
TR3776250097
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