Cowes Castle
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cowes-castle-168-13705693
title:
Cowes Castle
text:
Cowes Castle, also known as West Cowes Castle, is a Device Fort in Cowes on the Isle of Wight. Originally built by Henry VIII in 1539 to protect England against the threat of invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire, it comprised a circular bastion, flanking wings and a keep, and in 1547 it housed 17 pieces of artillery. With its companion fortification at East Cowes, the castle overlooked the entrance to the River Medina, an important anchorage. The invasion threat passed but the fortific
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Device fort in England
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowes_Castle
date created:
2013-11-08T12:24:31Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T05:06:45Z
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13
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