What is recorded here

Henry VIII raised Deal in 1539 to guard the crowded Downs anchorage, forcing captured monastery stone into a circular fortress bristling with 145 gunports. The castle survived the Civil War and Napoleonic threats, yet its greatest danger remains the shallow water and hostile ships it was built to destroy.

The National Heritage List for England records Artillery castle at Deal as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Built in the 1540s by order of King Henry VIII, Deal Castle was part of a chain of coastal artillery castles constructed to defend England against potential French invasion. It is important as a well-preserved example of early modern military architecture and as a key element in the Tudor coastal defense system.

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