King Henry VIII’s Device Forts

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Tudor fortification coastal artillery fortification system

King Henry VIII’s Device Forts were a network of 16th-century coastal artillery fortifications built to defend England against potential invasions from France and the Holy Roman Empire.

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Label Occurrences
King Henry VIII’s Device Forts canonical 3
Henrician forts 1
King Henry VIII's coastal defence system 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Tudor fortification ⓘ
coastal artillery fortification system ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Henrician Device Forts NERFINISHED ⓘ
King Henry VIII’s coastal forts NERFINISHED ⓘ
architecturalFeature bastions and gun platforms ⓘ
embrasures for cannon ⓘ
low thick walls ⓘ
moats and earthworks ⓘ
architecturalStyle artillery fort ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
creator Henry VIII of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCause Treaty of Nice (1538) NERFINISHED ⓘ
break with the Papacy ⓘ
threat of invasion from France ⓘ
threat of invasion from the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
historicalSignificance early purpose-built artillery fort system in England ⓘ
symbol of Henry VIII’s break with Rome and military preparedness ⓘ
inception 1539 ⓘ
1540 ⓘ
legalBasis Tudor ‘device’ or royal programme for national defence ⓘ
locatedInTimePeriod 16th century ⓘ
militaryBranch English coastal defence ⓘ
partOf Tudor coastal defence system NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose coastal artillery defence ⓘ
defence of the English coastline ⓘ
protection of key harbours ⓘ
significantFort Calshot Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Camber Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Deal Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
East Cowes Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hurst Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Milford Haven forts NERFINISHED ⓘ
Netley Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pendennis Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Portland Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sandown Castle (Kent) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sandsfoot Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southsea Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
St Andrew’s Castle (Hampshire) NERFINISHED ⓘ
St Catherine’s Castle (Cornwall) NERFINISHED ⓘ
St Mawes Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Walmer Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
West Cowes Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
strategicLocation English Channel coast ⓘ
Solent NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thames Estuary NERFINISHED ⓘ
south coast of England ⓘ
west coast of England ⓘ
timeOfConstruction early 1540s ⓘ
late 1530s ⓘ
uses gunpowder artillery ⓘ

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

Portland Castle → partOf → King Henry VIII’s Device Forts ⓘ
Pendennis Castle → partOf → King Henry VIII’s Device Forts ⓘ
this entity surface form: King Henry VIII's coastal defence system
St Mawes Castle → partOf → King Henry VIII’s Device Forts ⓘ
this entity surface form: King Henry VIII’s coastal defence programme
Device Forts → alsoKnownAs → King Henry VIII’s Device Forts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Henrician forts
Device Forts → alsoKnownAs → King Henry VIII’s Device Forts ⓘ
this entity surface form: King Henry VIII’s Device forts
Sandown Castle → partOf → King Henry VIII’s Device Forts ⓘ
Hurst Castle → partOf → King Henry VIII’s Device Forts ⓘ