A MOMENT IN HISTORY
Deal Castle is built
1539 CE · United Kingdom, Europe · History
Deal Castle is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII in Deal, 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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