Photographs of Dover Castle

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Keep Yard
Views from the Keep
Inside the Keep
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One of the largest castles in England, Dover Castle is strategically located overlooking the English Channel at the shortest crossing point to continental Europe. Its origins lie in the Iron Age and a Roman Lighthouse and Anglo-Saxon church can still be seen within the grounds.
Henry II had the fortifications rebuilt in the 1180's, adding the massive keep and a series of concentric defences. Over the centuries, the defences have been enlarged and improved, with the castle retaining a military role through the Second World War as an underground hospital and the command centre used for the Dunkirk evacuation.