Keywords: deal castle kent outdoor architecture Deal Castle is not really a Castle, but a Artillery Fortress. It was built in just 18 months by two thousand men, many of them Pressed Labour. Deal Castle is the largest of the Three Down Forts built by Henry VIII (the other two being Walmer and Sandown) to protect the Downs and the Goodwin Sands. Deal Castle is not really a Castle, but a Artillery Fortress. It was built in just 18 months by two thousand men, many of them Pressed Labour. Deal Castle is the largest of the Three Down Forts built by Henry VIII (the other two being Walmer and Sandown) to protect the Downs and the Goodwin Sands. |