Deal Castle
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 | Deal Castle |
| Designer | unknown |
| Location | Kent, England |
| Date | 1540 |
| Building Type | castle, artillery fort |
| Climate | temperate |
| Context | rural |
| Architectural Style | English Gothic |
| Street Address | |
| Notes | Artillery fort on the south coast of England. Round forms. |
| At Great Buildings | http://www.GreatBuildings.com/buildings/Deal_Castle.html |
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"Deal Castle, Kent, is one of a remarkable group of coastal defense forts built in 1539 by Henry VIII. They were designed for artillery, and consist of a central cylindrical citadel, girt by a ring of half-round casemates, the whole enclosed by a moat conforming in outline to the fort."
— W. Douglas Simpson. Castles from the Air. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1949. p54.
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Roger H. Clark and Michael Pause. Precedents in Architecture. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1985. heirarchy diagram, p206.— Updated edition available at Amazon.com
Sir Banister Fletcher. Sir Banister Fletcher's A History of Architecture. 18th ed., revised by J.C. Palmes. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975. ISBN 684-14207-4. NA200.F63. discussion, p678. photo from above, p679, f C.— The classic text of architectural history. Expanded 1996 edition available at Amazon.com
W. Douglas Simpson. Castles from the Air. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1949. Exterior aerial view, p54.
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