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Bude Castle

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Bude Castle
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A named place photographed at this map point in Cornwall.
Bude Castle was a 16th-century artillery fort built by the English government to defend the south-west coast against potential French invasion. It is remembered as part of the network of Device Forts constructed during the reign of Henry VIII.
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Photo: Pierre Terre · CC BY-SA 2.0

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