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A view of Dover Harbor from the castle.

A view of Dover Harbor from the castle.

"Dover Castle" - Google News

Explore Dover Castle: Britain’s first line of defence - BBC History Magazine
Explore Dover Castle: Britain’s first line of defence BBC History Magazine

For 2000 years Dover has played host to military fortifications, from Iron Age earthworks to William the Conqueror's wooden castle to Cold War bunkers.

High winds force Dover Castle to close as extreme gusts batter Kent - Kent Live
High winds force Dover Castle to close as extreme gusts batter Kent Kent Live

English Heritage has described the situation as 'serious'

Dover Castle has reopened after it was forced to close due to high winds - Kent Live
Dover Castle has reopened after it was forced to close due to high winds Kent Live

The Siege! event planned for this weekend remains cancelled.

The Joust: Battle for Good at Dover Castle - Kent Online
The Joust: Battle for Good at Dover Castle Kent Online

Four of the most skillful knights in the Kingdom do battle at Dover Castle .

Dover Castle Siege! event cancelled due to high winds - Kent Online
Dover Castle Siege! event cancelled due to high winds Kent Online

A Kent castle, which had been due to stage a re-enactment of an historic siege, has had to cancel the event due to strong winds forecast for the weekend.

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<p>The church is cruciform in plan, with an aisleless nave and a tower at its centre. It stands on a projecting plinth of plain square section constructed mainly with large stone blocks. The walls are mainly of flint with some stone and tile, and the window facings are mainly tile. The tower is the same width as the nave, but the transepts and chancel are narrower. The arches opening east and west from the tower appear to be original, and are 28 feet high with strip work of projecting tiles outlining the arches on their western faces. The north and south walls of the nave are pierced by unusual double splayed round headed windows. A pair of double splayed flat headed windows near the west end of the side walls of the nave are suggested by Scott to indicate that space was needed for a west gallery. Whilst restoring the church Scott found further evidence of this gallery in the form of holes in the walls for the insertion of supporting timbers. Access to the nave from the south was by way of a tall round headed doorway with through stone facing of alternate upright and flat slabs. This doorway is now blocked and little of its original outlining stripwork remains.</p>

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<p>This Saxon church was built on the Castle Hill in the 10th century. The church of St Mary in Castro as it stands today is a much restored example of a Saxon church dating from around 1000 AD. It is surrounded by a large late Saxon cemetery which suggests that this church replaces an earlier building.</p>

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<p>St Mary in Castro, or St Mary de Castro, is a church in the grounds of Dover Castle, Kent, south-east England. It is a heavily restored Saxon structure, built next to a Roman lighthouse which became the church bell-tower. St Mary serves the local population and the army, and is the church of the Dover Garrison.</p>

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<p>The rough masonry tower at the west end of the church of St Mary-in-Castro is the remains of one of a pair of Roman lighthouses at Dover which guided shipping across the channel.</p>

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<p>RIVET: RIVET ST MARYS CH NW FACE 0.5M W ANG (ODN 112.001m, AGL 0.400m).<br />
Damaged<br />
Location<br />
Grid reference: TR 3261 4182.<br />
Landranger 179: Canterbury & East Kent, Dover & Margate.<br />
Explorer 138: Dover, Folkestone & Hythe.<br />
Structure: Church / Chapel.</p>

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<p>CUT MARK: WALL NE SIDE HAROLD RD 1.0M NW JUNC WALLS (ODN 107.6909m, AGL 0.5m).<br />
Good<br />
Location<br />
Grid reference: TR 3254 4186.<br />
Landranger 179: Canterbury & East Kent, Dover & Margate.<br />
Explorer 138: Dover, Folkestone & Hythe.<br />
Structure: Roadside wall.</p>

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<p>CUT MARK: PALACE GATE SE FACE NE SIDE ARCH (ODN 112.1100m, AGL 0.7m).<br />
Good<br />
Location<br />
Grid reference: TR 3250 4190.<br />
Landranger 179: Canterbury & East Kent, Dover & Margate.<br />
Explorer 138: Dover, Folkestone & Hythe.<br />
Structure: Other.</p>

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<p>On the six and seventh bricks up in between the hydrant sign and the lampost.</p>

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