Sandown Castle
Ruinas · Reino Unido
- Abandonado
- desconocido
- Fundado
- 1539
- Población
- —
- Coordenadas
- 51.238, 1.402
Por qué se abandonó
🏛️ Ruinas antiguas
Detectado automáticamente a partir del texto: 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.
Historia
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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