Deal Castle

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Deal Castle is a 16th-century coastal artillery fortress in Kent, England, built by Henry VIII as part of his chain of defenses against invasion.

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Label Occurrences
Deal Castle canonical 9

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Device Fort
artillery fortress
coastal fortification
builtFor Henry VIII of England
surface form: Henry VIII
category Artillery fort in England
Tudor fort
constructedAsPartOf King Henry VIII's Device programme
Tudor coastal defence chain
constructionEndDate 1540
constructionStartDate 1539
country England
garrisonedBy English Army
hasArchitecturalStyle Tudor military architecture
hasDefensiveFeature gun ports
low profile to resist cannon fire
thick stone walls
hasFeature central circular keep
moat
outer curtain wall with six bastions
six inner bastions
hasGunEmplacement artillery platforms for heavy guns
hasMaterial Kentish ragstone
brick
hasNearbyFortification Sandown Castle
surface form: Sandown Castle (demolished)

Walmer Castle
hasShape rose-shaped plan
hasTouristAttractionType historic site
museum
hasVisitorFacility audio guides
exhibition rooms
heritageDesignation Grade I listed building
Scheduled Monument
inception 16th century
locatedIn Deal, Kent
Kent
locatedInHistoricCounty Kent
locatedOn English Channel coast
maintainedBy English Heritage
openToPublic true
operator English Heritage
ownedBy English Heritage
partOf Sandown Castle
surface form: Deal, Walmer and Sandown castle group
purpose defence against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire
usedDuringConflict English Civil War
Napoleonic Wars
World War II
surface form: Second World War

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Subject: Deal Castle
Description of subject: Deal Castle is a 16th-century coastal artillery fortress in Kent, England, built by Henry VIII as part of his chain of defenses against invasion.

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Deal hasFeature Deal Castle
Deal hasCastle Deal Castle
Walmer Castle associatedWith Deal Castle
Deal, Kent hasLandmark Deal Castle
Deal, Kent builtForDefense Deal Castle
White Cliffs Country hasLandmark Deal Castle
Deal Pier locatedNear Deal Castle
Deal seafront hasNearbyLandmark Deal Castle
Device Forts notableWork Deal Castle