Walmer Castle
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Walmer Castle is an artillery fort originally constructed by Henry VIII in Walmer, 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. Comprising a keep and four circular bastions, the moated stone castle covered 0.61 acres (0.25 ha) and had 39 firing positions on the upper levels for artillery. It cost the Crown a total of £27,092 to build the three castles of Walmer, Sandown, and Deal, which lay adjacent to one another along the coast and were connected by earthwork defences. The original invasion threat passed, but during the Second English Civil War of 1648–49, Walmer was seized by pro-Royalist insurgents and was only retaken by Parliamentary forces after several months' fighting.
1539 Website,
Wikimedia, Wikidata
Artillery castle at Walmer
United Kingdom, 
- Historic England research records page@
- Gatehouse Gazetteer page@
- CastlesFortsBattles page@
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1539 Walmer Castle
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| link | page | Historic England research records page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | Gatehouse Gazetteer page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | CastlesFortsBattles page@ | 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 | 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 | 1932 | The Seaside Museum Herne Bay | local museum, independent museum, art 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 | 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 |
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| 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 | John Wootton (c.1682-1764) - Stag Hunt - 78600883 - Walmer Castle | Commons | ||
| commons | image | The castle, Walmer, England-LCCN2002708209 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Prince George of Denmark | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Abraham Solomon 031 (24820262738) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Walmer Castle aerial view | Commons | ||
| commons | image | The Ramparts, Walmer Castle. Portraits of the Countess Granville, and the Ladies Victoria and Mary Leveson-Gower | Commons | ||
| commons | image | The castle, Walmer, England-LCCN2002708209 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Prince George of Denmark | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Walmer or Sandown (Kent) castle, 1539 draft | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Walmer Castle from the west | Commons | ||
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