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Walmer Castle Kent United Kingdom #77932477
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Walmer Castle is an artillery fort originally constructed by Henry VIII in Walmer, Kent, between 1539 and 1540. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire, and defended the strategically important Downs anchorage off the English coast. Now Walmer Castle is run as a tourist attraction by English Heritage