Camber Castle
📍 East Sussex, England
About
Camber Castle, also known formerly as Winchelsea Castle, is a 16th-century Device Fort, built near Rye by King Henry VIII to protect the Sussex coast of England against French attack. The first fortification on the site was a small, round artillery tower, constructed by Henry between 1512 and 1514, overlooking the Camber anchorage and the entrance to Rye Harbour.
Built 1512-1544 by Henry VIII as one of his Device Forts to guard the port of Rye following the break from Rome. Originally known as Winchelsea Castle, it featured a central circular tower surrounded by four semi-circular bastions. As the harbour silted up the castle lost its strategic value and was decommissioned in 1642. Now a Scheduled Monument managed by English Heritage.
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