🏰 Sandown Castle, Kent

United Kingdom · Europe · 51.24°N, 1.40°E

Sandown Castle was an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII in Sandown, 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.

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Quick facts

Country	United Kingdom
Continent / region	Europe
Coordinates (approx.)	51.24°N, 1.40°E · view on map

Sandown Castle, Kent is located in United Kingdom, in Europe.

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