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Description: | The castle stands at the end of a long shingle spit which curves out from Milford-on-Sea. Guarding the western entrance to the Solent, Hurst Castle was built between 1541 and 1544. The mason was Thomas Bertie. In design and layout it is one of the most sophisticated of the artillery forts built by Henry VIII. The core of the castle is a 12-sided tower. There was little structural change for over 250 years, although in December 1648 the castle became a temporary prison for Charles I.
In 1793, the date of the print, Hurst was reported to be in the worst condition of any south coast fort. Major repairs began in 1794, and new guns (some captured from the French) were installed. Further extensive alterations were made between 1803 and 1873.
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Coad, J G. 1985. Hurst Castle, Hampshire. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Subjects: | Hurst Spit building Hurst Castle Thomas Bertie Solent King Henry VIII castle fort King Charles I | Temporal: | start=1793-01-01; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | J Newton; M Hooper | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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