Sandown Castle
Ruins · United Kingdom
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- 1539
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 51.238, 1.402
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: 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.
History
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.