Sandown Castle

E316159
Device Fort artillery fort coastal defence

Sandown Castle was a coastal artillery fort on the Kent coast of England, built by Henry VIII as part of his chain of defenses against invasion.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Deal, Walmer and Sandown castle group 1
Sandown Castle canonical 1
Sandown Castle (Kent) 1

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Device Fort ⓘ
artillery fort ⓘ
coastal defence ⓘ
armedWith artillery ⓘ
cannon ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
creator Henry VIII of England ⓘ
hasArchitecturalStyle Tudor military architecture ⓘ
hasFunction coastal artillery defence ⓘ
protection against seaborne invasion ⓘ
hasStrategicRole defence of south‑east England coast ⓘ
defence of the Downs anchorage ⓘ
heritage Tudor coastal defence system ⓘ
inception 1540s ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
Kent ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone British Summer Time ⓘ
Greenwich Mean Time ⓘ
locatedNear Deal ⓘ
Sandown ⓘ
surface form: Sandown, Kent
locatedOn English Channel ⓘ
Kent coast ⓘ
mainBuildingMaterial stone ⓘ
ownedBy Crown of England ⓘ
partOf King Henry VIII’s Device Forts ⓘ
Tudor coastal fortification chain ⓘ
usedFor artillery emplacement ⓘ
military purposes ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Walmer Castle → associatedWith → Sandown Castle ⓘ
Deal, Kent → hasLandmark → Sandown Castle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sandown Castle (ruined)
Deal Castle → hasNearbyFortification → Sandown Castle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sandown Castle (demolished)
Deal Castle → partOf → Sandown Castle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deal, Walmer and Sandown castle group
Device Forts → notableWork → Sandown Castle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sandown Castle (Kent)