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Extract from the Deal Travel Guides:
One of the most unusual of Henry VIII's forts is the diminutive castle at
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, six miles southeast of Sandwich and site of Julius Caesar's first successful landfall in Britain in 55 BC. The
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(April-Sept daily 10am-6pm; Oct daily 10am-5pm; Nov-March Wed-Sun 10am-4pm; 3.10; EH) is situated off the Strand at the south end of town. Its unusual shape - viewed from the air it looks like a Tudor rose - is as much an affectation as a defensive design, based on the premise that rounded walls would be better at deflecting missiles. Inside, the comprehensive display on the other similar forts built during Henry VIII's re...
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