Device Forts

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Device Forts were a series of coastal artillery fortifications built by Henry VIII in the 16th century to defend England against potential seaborne invasions.

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Label Occurrences
Device Forts canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 16th-century fortification ⓘ
Tudor fortification ⓘ
coastal artillery fortification system ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Henrician castles ⓘ
King Henry VIII’s Device Forts ⓘ
surface form: Henrician forts

King Henry VIII’s Device Forts ⓘ
surface form: King Henry VIII’s Device forts
architecturalFeature bastions for flanking fire ⓘ
embrasures for artillery ⓘ
gun platforms for heavy cannon ⓘ
low thick walls designed to resist cannon fire ⓘ
moats and earthworks at some sites ⓘ
architecturalStyle artillery fort ⓘ
authority Tudor dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Tudor monarchy
builder Henry VIII of England ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
followedBy later bastioned trace fortifications in England ⓘ
garrisonedBy local militia ⓘ
royal artillery ⓘ
hasCause Tudor reformation foreign policy crisis ⓘ
break with the Papacy ⓘ
threat of invasion from France ⓘ
threat of invasion from the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
heritageDesignation several sites designated as Scheduled Monuments ⓘ
several sites listed as Grade I or Grade II* buildings ⓘ
inception 1539 ⓘ
influencedBy continental artillery fortification design ⓘ
legalBasis Statute of Proclamations 1539 ⓘ
surface form: King’s Device of 1539
locatedAlong English Channel ⓘ
Irish Sea coast ⓘ
surface form: Irish Sea coast of England

North Sea coast ⓘ
surface form: North Sea coast of England
locatedOn coast of England ⓘ
militaryBranch English Army ⓘ
notableWork Calshot Castle ⓘ
Camber Castle ⓘ
Deal Castle ⓘ
Hurst Castle ⓘ
Netley ⓘ
surface form: Netley Castle

Pendennis Castle ⓘ
Portland Castle ⓘ
Sandown Castle ⓘ
surface form: Sandown Castle (Kent)

Sandsfoot Castle ⓘ
Southsea Castle ⓘ
St Andrews Castle ⓘ
surface form: St Andrew’s Castle (Fife) – English-held Device-style fort in Scotland

St Mawes Castle ⓘ
Walmer Castle ⓘ
Calshot Castle ⓘ
surface form: Yarmouth Castle
partOf Tudor coastal defence system ⓘ
patron Henry VIII of England ⓘ
purpose artillery platform ⓘ
coastal defence ⓘ
defence against seaborne invasion ⓘ
significantPlace Bristol Channel ⓘ
Humber Estuary ⓘ
Solent ⓘ
Thames Estuary ⓘ
status many surviving as heritage sites ⓘ
timePeriod 16th century ⓘ
usedFor mounting heavy guns to command sea approaches ⓘ
protecting anchorages and estuaries ⓘ
protecting key harbours ⓘ
protecting naval dockyards ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Walmer Castle → partOf → Device Forts ⓘ
Calshot Castle → partOf → Device Forts ⓘ