King Henry VIII’s Device Forts

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King Henry VIII’s Device Forts were a network of 16th-century coastal artillery fortifications built to defend England against potential invasions from France and the Holy Roman Empire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Tudor fortification ⓘ
coastal artillery fortification system ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Henrician Device Forts ⓘ
King Henry VIII’s coastal forts ⓘ
architecturalFeature bastions and gun platforms ⓘ
embrasures for cannon ⓘ
low thick walls ⓘ
moats and earthworks ⓘ
architecturalStyle artillery fort ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
creator Henry VIII of England ⓘ
hasCause Treaty of Nice (1538) ⓘ
break with the Papacy ⓘ
threat of invasion from France ⓘ
threat of invasion from the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
historicalSignificance early purpose-built artillery fort system in England ⓘ
symbol of Henry VIII’s break with Rome and military preparedness ⓘ
inception 1539 ⓘ
1540 ⓘ
legalBasis Tudor ‘device’ or royal programme for national defence ⓘ
locatedInTimePeriod 16th century ⓘ
militaryBranch English coastal defence ⓘ
partOf Tudor coastal defence system ⓘ
purpose coastal artillery defence ⓘ
defence of the English coastline ⓘ
protection of key harbours ⓘ
significantFort Calshot Castle ⓘ
Camber Castle ⓘ
Deal Castle ⓘ
East Cowes Castle ⓘ
Hurst Castle ⓘ
Milford Haven forts ⓘ
linked to: Milford Haven

Netley Castle ⓘ
Pendennis Castle ⓘ
Portland Castle ⓘ
Sandown Castle (Kent) ⓘ
linked to: Sandown Castle

Sandsfoot Castle ⓘ
Southsea Castle ⓘ
St Andrew’s Castle (Hampshire) ⓘ
linked to: Calshot Castle

St Catherine’s Castle (Cornwall) ⓘ
St Mawes Castle ⓘ
Walmer Castle ⓘ
West Cowes Castle ⓘ
linked to: Cowes Castle
strategicLocation English Channel coast ⓘ
Solent ⓘ
Thames Estuary ⓘ
south coast of England ⓘ
west coast of England ⓘ
timeOfConstruction early 1540s ⓘ
late 1530s ⓘ
uses gunpowder artillery ⓘ

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Portland Castle → partOf → King Henry VIII’s Device Forts ⓘ
Pendennis Castle → partOf → King Henry VIII's coastal defence system ⓘ
linked to: King Henry VIII’s Device Forts
St Mawes Castle → partOf → King Henry VIII’s coastal defence programme ⓘ
linked to: King Henry VIII’s Device Forts
Device Forts → alsoKnownAs → Henrician forts ⓘ
linked to: King Henry VIII’s Device Forts
Device Forts → alsoKnownAs → King Henry VIII’s Device forts ⓘ
linked to: King Henry VIII’s Device Forts
Sandown Castle → partOf → King Henry VIII’s Device Forts ⓘ
Hurst Castle → partOf → King Henry VIII’s Device Forts ⓘ
King Henry VIII’s Device Forts → alsoKnownAs → Henrician Device Forts ⓘ
linked to: King Henry VIII’s Device Forts
King Henry VIII’s Device Forts → alsoKnownAs → King Henry VIII’s coastal forts ⓘ
linked to: King Henry VIII’s Device Forts
King Henry VIII’s Device Forts → partOf → Tudor coastal defence system ⓘ
linked to: King Henry VIII’s Device Forts
Southsea Castle → partOf → King Henry VIII's Device programme of coastal defences ⓘ
linked to: King Henry VIII’s Device Forts
King Henry VIII's Device programme → alsoKnownAs → Henrician Device forts programme ⓘ
linked to: King Henry VIII’s Device Forts
King Henry VIII's Device programme → partOf → Tudor fortification of England ⓘ
linked to: King Henry VIII’s Device Forts
Henrician castles → alsoKnownAs → Henrician Device Forts ⓘ
linked to: King Henry VIII’s Device Forts
Sandsfoot Castle → partOf → King Henry VIII’s coastal defence programme ⓘ
linked to: King Henry VIII’s Device Forts