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Monument details

HER Number:TR 35 SE 15
Type of record:Monument
Name:Walmer Castle, Deal

Summary

The southernmost of three castles built to protect the Downs and part of the coastal defence measures of Henry VIII. Now the official residence of the Lords Warden of the Cinque Ports.

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Grid Reference:TR 3776 5009
Map Sheet:TR35SE
Parish:DEAL, DOVER, KENT

Monument Types

  • CASTLE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD to 2050 AD) + Sci.Date
  • PILLBOX (Modern - 1940 AD to 1945 AD)
Protected Status:Scheduled Monument 1013381: ARTILLERY CASTLE AT WALMER

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Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Unpublished document: OS Card / NAR index entry. OS 25"1957.
<2>Unpublished document: OS Card / NAR index entry. MHLG (1035/11/A June 1947) 20.
<3>Unpublished document: OS Card / NAR index entry. F1 ASP 19-JUN-64.
<4>Unpublished document: OS Card / NAR index entry. Deal & Walmer Castles 1963 (M O W).
<5>Unpublished document: OS Card / NAR index entry. The Landscape of Walmer Castle 1984 (E Banks R Flenley and H Neilson).
<6>Unpublished document: OS Card / NAR index entry. Country Life 46 1919 552-7 584-90 (M Conway).
<8>Unpublished document: OS Card / NAR index entry. Hist of the King's Works 4 (2) 1982 369 404-5 461-65 (H M Colvin).
<9>Unpublished document: OS Card / NAR index entry. JBAA 39 1883 418-19 (T Morgan).
<10>Unpublished document: OS Card / NAR index entry. Castellarum Anglicanum 1 1983 235 (D J Cathcart King).
<11>Unpublished document: OS Card / NAR index entry. VCH Kent 1 1908 444 (J Chalkley Gould and E A Downman).
<12>Unpublished document: OS Card / NAR index entry. The English Castle 1936 110 (H. Brown).
<13>Unpublished document: OS Card / NAR index entry. The Castles of Great Britain 1953 266-67 (S Toy).
<14>Unpublished document: OS Card / NAR index entry. Castles An Intro to the Castles of England and Wales 1953 24 56 fig 1 (B H St J O'Neill).
<15>Unpublished document: OS Card / NAR index entry. A Hist of Fortification from 3000 B C to A D 1700 1955 245-246 (S Toy).
<16>Unpublished document: OS Card / NAR index entry. Arch Cant 23 1898 24-30 (W L Rutton).
<17>Unpublished document: OS Card / NAR index entry. A Handbook of Kent's Defences 1540-1945 1977 17 (sic) 30 (D H Bennett).
<18>Unpublished document: OS Card / NAR index entry. BOE North East and East Kent 1983 489 (J Newman).
<19>Unpublished document: OS Card / NAR index entry. Country Life 88 1940 190-4 (A Oswald).
<20>Unpublished document: OS Card / NAR index entry. Home Counties Mag 7 1905 149-51 illus.
<21>Unpublished document: OS Card / NAR index entry. Castles of England 1 1897 55 (J D Mackenzie).
<22>Unpublished document: OS Card / NAR index entry. Mariner's Mirror 1965 155-71.
<23>Unpublished document: OS Card / NAR index entry. Deal and Walmer Castles Eng Heritage Guide 1988 5-16 18-20 30-42 photos plan (A D Saunders).
<24>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 35 SE 15 - June, 1964.
<25>Unpublished document: Victor Smith and Andrew Saunders. 2001. Kent's Defence Heritage.
<26>Website: Vernacular Architecture Group. ADS Dendrochronology Database. Vol. 28, Pg. 130.

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