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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. [1] [2] Some writers say it is the largest castle in England, [3] a title also claimed by Windsor Castle.
St Mary sub Castro (i. e. "St Mary below the Castle"), or St Mary de Castro, or St Mary in Castro ("St Mary in the Castle"), is a church in the grounds of Dover Castle, Kent, south-east England. It is a heavily restored Anglo-Saxon structure, built next to a Roman lighthouse which became the church bell
The Roman lighthouse at Dover Castle Two lighthouses , each called the "Pharos", were built at Dover soon after the Roman conquest. Proposals of their date range from 50 (seven years after the invasion of 43 ), 80 or (since the building includes tiles identical to the mansio in the town built at that date) c. 138, though the general consensus ...
The Roman lighthouse at Dover Castle. A possible Iron Age hillfort has been discovered at Dover, on the site of the later castle. [23] The area was also inhabited during the Roman period when Dover was used as a port. A lighthouse survives from this era, one of a pair
Dover in 1884: the Castle is seen at the top (i.e. to the north-east); Western Heights is laid out below, to the west of the town and harbour. First given earthworks in 1779 against the planned invasion that year , the high ground west of Dover was properly fortified in 1804 when Lieutenant-Colonel William Twiss was instructed to modernise the ...
Roman lighthouse at Dover Castle: Dover, Kent: 1st century One of the three remaining Roman lighthouses in the world, from the ancient port of Dubris. Hardknott Roman Fort: Cumbria: c. 120–138 A Roman fort on the west side of Hardknott pass. 'Walls Castle' Ravenglass, Cumbria: c. 120
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It was the first lighthouse to use an electric light, [3] and was the site chosen by Guglielmo Marconi for his pioneering experiments in wireless radio transmissions. [4] South Foreland Lower Lighthouse was built at the same time further down the cliff, to the east, where it still stands; decommissioned in 1904, it is now in private ownership.