Dover Castle
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Dover Castle is a medieval castle in Dover, Kent, England and is Grade I listed. It was founded in the 11th century and has been described as the "Key to England" due to its defensive significance throughout history. Some writers say it is the largest castle in England, a title also claimed by Windsor Castle.
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- Structurae page@
- Historic England research records page@
- Gatehouse Gazetteer page@
- Time Team page@
- The TimeChamber page@ Dumpy B communications bunker
- Subterranean History page@ Tunnels
- Subterranea page@ issue 21
- Subterranea Britannica page@ Target Dover
- Sketchfab page@
- Pink Routes page@ Shotyard Battery
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- English Heritage page@ plan
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Saltwood Castle ⓘ
castle in Saltwood, Kent, England, UK -
Canterbury Castle ⓘ
grade I listed castle in Canterbury, United Kingdom -
Dover Castle ⓘ
medieval castle in Dover, Kent, England, UK -
Deal Castle ⓘ
16th century coastal artillery fort, located in Deal, Kent, England, UK -
Walmer Castle ⓘ
castle in Kent, England, UK -
Goodnestone Park ⓘ
country house and garden in Goodnestone, Dover district, Kent, England, UK -
West Gate Towers Museum ⓘ
museum in Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom -
Crampton Tower ⓘ
museum in Broadstairs and St. Peters, Thanet, Kent, England, UK -
Deal Timeball ⓘ
Historic time signal in Deal, England -
Dickens House ⓘ
house in Broadstairs and St. Peters, Thanet, Kent, England, UK -
East Kent Railway ⓘ
Heritage railway in southern England -
Elham Valley Countryside Centre And Railway Museum ⓘ
museum in Folkestone, England, UK -
Margate Old Town Local History Museum ⓘ
museum in Margate, Thanet, kent, England, UK -
Public Library & Museum (Camborne) ⓘ
museum in Margate, England, UK -
Quex Park ⓘ
UK historic house museum in Birchington-on-Sea, Kent, England, UK -
Ramsgate Maritime Museum ⓘ
maritime museum in Kent, England -
Sandwich Guildhall Museum ⓘ
museum in Sandwich, Kent, United Kingdom -
This Museum Is (Not) Obsolete ⓘ
technology museum in Ramsgate -
Tudor House ⓘ
house in Thanet, Kent, England, UK -
White Mill ⓘ
windmill, now heritage centre, in Sandwich, Kent, England, UK -
Dymchurch Martello Tower ⓘ
Martello Tower in Dymchurch, Kent, England, UK -
Dover Museum and Bronze Age Boat Gallery ⓘ
Local history museum in Dover, England, United Kingdom -
Ramsgate Tunnels ⓘ
railway tunnel used as air-raid shelter in Ramsgate, Kent, UK -
Folkestone Museum ⓘ
museum in Folkestone, England, United Kingdom -
Powell-Cotton Museum, Quex House and Gardens ⓘ
museum in Birchington, Kent, England, United Kingdom -
The Beany ⓘ
Museum, library and art gallery in Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom -
Kent Museum of Freemasonry ⓘ
local history and masonic museum in Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom -
Canterbury Roman Museum ⓘ
Grade I listed museum in Canterbury, United Kingdom -
Kent Battle of Britain Museum ⓘ
aviation museum in Hawkinge, Kent -
Deal Museum ⓘ
museum in Deal, Kent, England, United Kingdom -
Howletts Wild Animal Park ⓘ
zoo in Kent, England -
Port Lympne Wild Animal Park ⓘ
zoo -
Dover Transport Museum ⓘ
museum in Dover, England, UK -
Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum ⓘ
military museum in Manston, Thanet, Kent, England, United Kingdom -
Wingham Wildlife Park ⓘ
zoo in Kent, England -
Museum of Canterbury ⓘ
local history museum, children's museum, heritage museum in Canterbury, Kent -
Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment and Queen's Regiment Museum ⓘ
museum in Dover, Kent, England, UK -
St Margaret's Museum ⓘ
museum in St Margaret's at Cliffe, Dover, Kent, England, UK -
Crabble Corn Mill ⓘ
museum in Dover, England, UK -
Wildwood Discovery Park ⓘ
zoo -
Sidney Cooper Museum ⓘ
museum in Canterbury, England, UK -
The Micro Computer Museum ⓘ
museum in Ramsgate, Kent, England, UK -
Defence of the Nation Museum and Education Centre ⓘ
museum in Ramsgate, England, UK, located within Ramsgate Tunnels museum -
Kent Museum of the Moving Image ⓘ
museum in Deal, Kent, England, UK -
Kent Mining Museum ⓘ
museum in Deal, Kent, England, UK
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1179 Dover Castle
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Siege of Dover Castle
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The castle, Dover, England-LCCN2002696723
Coastal artillery operations
Castle over Dover
Connaught Barracks, Dover
Telephone exchange
Arthur Nelson - Landscape, with Dover Castle in the Distance - Google Art Project
Dover Town Centre and Dover Castle
Henry II's Great Tower
Dover Castle from the north
Dover Castle SE- Excavations at Dover Castle 1964-1966 - article by Stuart Eborall Rigold published June 1967 in Journal of the British Archaeological Association
- Dover Castle Great Tower: Revised Documentary Research Report - 2008 report
- The Cinque Ports Prison, Dover Castle - scientific article published in November 2010
- Hellfire Corner: Dover Castle's Secret Tunnels and the Dunkirk Evacuation - book published in 1993
- Dover Castle - article published in 1999
- Castles and Other Military Works - scientific article published in January 1994
- The South Barbican and Middle Bailey at Dover Castle - article published in the Castle Studies Group Journal in 2021, online
- Dover Castle - guidebook published in 1974
- The Development of the Fortifications of Dover Castle - article, 1884
- The Avranches Traverse at Dover Castle - scientific article published in 1969, online
- A Note on the Outer Barbican of Dover Castle - article published in the Castle Studies Group Journal in 2021, online
- Dover Castle - guide book published in 1966
- The Siege of Dover: the key to England - article published in 2017
- Notes on the Keep, Dover Castle - , 1914
- On Some Ancient Relics Preserved in the Keep of Dover Castle - , 1870
- Recording the keep, Dover Castle - scientific article published in January 2000
- Dover Castle and the Defences of Dover - book published in 1995
- Dover Castle and the great siege of 1216 - scientific article published in January 2000
- The English Castle - book published in 2011
- The later fortifications of Dover - , 1982
- Castle Guard Service at Dover Castle - scientific article published in 1937
- Dover Castle 1898-1963: Preservation of a Monument. A Postscript - chapter published in 1989
- Stephen de Pencestre's account as constable of Dover Castle for the years Michaelmas 1272-Michaelmas 1274 - chapter published in 1981
- Excavations at Dover Castle, Principally in the Inner Bailey - article by A. M. Cook et al published June 1969 in Journal of the British Archaeological Association
- Dover Castle - guidebook published in 1985
- Dover Castle - guidebook published in 1985
- The defences of Dover Castle and western heights 1740-1945 - article published in 1994
- Dover Castle - scientific article published in January 1875
- A Group of Post-Medieval Pottery from Dover Castle - , 1969
- The Great Tower at Dover Castle: An Introduction - essay published in 2020, online
- The History of the Castle, Town, and Port of Dover - 1899 book by S. P. H. Statham, English, 2007
- Dover Castle - guidebook published in 2007, 2012
- Dover Castle - guide book published in 2012, 1884
- The Castle of Dover - , 1854
- Original Documents Accounts of the Constables of the Castle of Dovor - scientific article published in January 1854, 2007
- The Roman Pharos at Dover Castle - scientific article published in June 2007, 2017
- Dover Castle - encyclopedia article, English
| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| link | page | Structurae page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | Historic England research records page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | Gatehouse Gazetteer page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | Time Team page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | The TimeChamber page@ | Dumpy B communications bunker | Wikidata | |
| link | page | Subterranean History page@ | Tunnels | Wikidata | |
| link | page | Subterranea page@ | issue 21 | Wikidata | |
| link | page | Subterranea Britannica page@ | Target Dover | Wikidata | |
| link | page | Sketchfab page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | Pink Routes page@ | Shotyard Battery | Wikidata | |
| link | page | CastlesFortsBattles page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | English Heritage page@ | plan | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | 1100 | Saltwood Castle | castle | Wikidata |
| site | castle | 1135 | Canterbury Castle | castle | Wikidata |
| site | castle | 1179 | Dover Castle | castle, bunker, archaeological site, fort, history museum | Wikidata |
| site | castle | 1539 | Deal Castle | castle, fort, military museum | Wikidata |
| site | castle | 1539 | Walmer Castle | castle, fort, historic house museum, history museum | Wikidata |
| site | garden | 1704 | Goodnestone Park | botanical garden, English country house, garden, historic house museum | Wikidata |
| site | garden | 1906 | West Gate Towers Museum | garden, military museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | Crampton Tower | museum, water tower | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Deal Timeball | maritime museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Dickens House | house, historic house museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | East Kent Railway | heritage railway | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Elham Valley Countryside Centre And Railway Museum | museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Margate Old Town Local History Museum | museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Public Library & Museum (Camborne) | museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Quex Park | natural history museum, historic house museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Ramsgate Maritime Museum | maritime museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Sandwich Guildhall Museum | local museum, independent museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | This Museum Is (Not) Obsolete | technology museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Tudor House | house, historic house museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | White Mill | museum, smock mill | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | 1805 | Dymchurch Martello Tower | military museum, Martello tower | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1836 | Dover Museum and Bronze Age Boat Gallery | local museum, local authority museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1863 | Ramsgate Tunnels | museum, railway tunnel, air-raid shelter | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1868 | Folkestone Museum | museum, local authority museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1896 | Powell-Cotton Museum, Quex House and Gardens | museum, independent museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1899 | The Beany | museum, local authority museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1933 | Kent Museum of Freemasonry | local museum, independent museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1961 | Canterbury Roman Museum | museum, local authority museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1971 | Kent Battle of Britain Museum | military museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1972 | Deal Museum | museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1975 | Howletts Wild Animal Park | zoo | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1976 | Port Lympne Wild Animal Park | zoo | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1980 | Dover Transport Museum | museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1981 | Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum | museum, military museum, independent museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1986 | Wingham Wildlife Park | zoo | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1987 | Museum of Canterbury | local museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1987 | Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment and Queen's Regiment Museum | museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1989 | St Margaret's Museum | museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1990 | Crabble Corn Mill | museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1999 | Wildwood Discovery Park | zoo | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 2004 | Sidney Cooper Museum | museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 2014 | The Micro Computer Museum | technology museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 2015 | Defence of the Nation Museum and Education Centre | museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 2018 | Kent Museum of the Moving Image | museum, independent museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 2022 | Kent Mining Museum | mining museum | Wikidata |
| commons | image | The castle, Dover, England-LCCN2002696723 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Coastal artillery operations | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Castle over Dover | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Connaught Barracks, Dover | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Telephone exchange | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Arthur Nelson - Landscape, with Dover Castle in the Distance - Google Art Project | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Dover Town Centre and Dover Castle | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Henry II's Great Tower | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Dover Castle from the north | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Dover Castle SE | Commons | ||
