Castles and forts in Dover
The Discover Alone map has 15 castles and forts in Dover, England. Below are the 15 with the most written about them, pictures first. Every one has its own page with directions and places nearby.
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The Spur, Dover CastleCastleThe Spur, Dover Castle is a castle in Dover, England. Perhaps the spur is a rib of white stone throwing out from the…
The CitadelCastleThe Citadel stands at the western edge of Dover as the largest surviving fortress built to block Napoleon’s planned…
Sandown CastleScheduled monumentSandown Castle is a ruined artillery fort built by Henry VIII in 1539 to guard the Downs anchorage. It has four round…
Drop RedoubtFortDrop Redoubt is a pentagonal brick fort built between 1804 and 1815 on the Western Heights of Dover to direct flanking…
Deal CastleCastleDeal Castle rose in Dover in 1540, a stone warning that the sea belonged to no one and everyone. It watched the water…
Constables Gate, Dover CastleCastleConstables Gate, Dover Castle stands at Dover, England. The castle gate faces the channel and the road, binding the…
Artillery castle at WalmerScheduled monumentHenry VIII built Walmer Castle in 1539 with thirty-nine heavy gun positions and a dry moat twenty-five metres wide to…
The Great TowerCastleThe Great Tower is shown as a castle on the public map of Dover. The saved point is the map point or the centre of its…- Spur CaponierCastleSpur Caponier is a castle in Dover, England. Perhaps it stands as a forgotten guard post, watching the white cliffs for…
- Harbour BatteryFortHarbour Battery is a fort in Dover, England. Perhaps soldiers watched the channel through barrels of oil and salt…
- Citadel BatteryCastleCitadel Battery is a castle in Dover, England. Perhaps its stones still hold the heat of guns fired against seas and…
- Canon's Gate HouseCastleCanon's Gate House is a castle in Dover, England. Perhaps it stood as a quiet guardpost along the white cliffs…
- Artillery castle at DealScheduled monumentHenry VIII raised Deal in 1539 to guard the crowded Downs anchorage, forcing captured monastery stone into a circular…
- Admiralty Pier TurretFortAdmiralty Pier Turret stands on the western breakwater of Dover Harbour, holding two 80-ton RML guns that remain the…
- Fort Burgoyne Western RedoubtFortFort Burgoyne Western Redoubt stands in Dover, England, a military post built to watch the channel and stop invasion.…