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The Big Brick Build at Dover Castle
Get creative with our master builders and help us bring heritage to life with LEGO® bricks.
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'ASTONISHING' DIGITAL RECONSTRUCTION REVEALS DOVER CASTLE ENTRANCE HIDDEN FOR 800 YEARS
- Model took more than 800 hours to complete and shows many features of the castle long since destroyed - New research underpins major new attraction, 'Dover Castle Under Siege', at Kent landmark - Castle's northern defences open to visitors as never before from 22 July
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Dover Castle: History and Stories
Known as the ‘key to England’, this great fortress has played a crucial role in the defence of the realm for over nine centuries, a span equalled only by the Tower of London and Windsor Castle.
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The new project that will expand the visitor experience at Dover Castle, and open up new parts of the castle to the public.
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SOLDIERS' GRAFFITI DISCOVERED ON DOVER CASTLE DOOR
A detailed carving of a sailing ship, the date of the French revolution (1789), nine macabre depictions of hangings, and countless initials are just some of the fascinating graffiti found on a newly discovered door dating to around the 1790s, English Heritage has revealed
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Discover Dover Castle's mighty Great Tower, built by order of King Henry II and now home to a lavishly recreated medieval interior with live historic interpretation.
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The foundations of a small medieval church, traditionally said to have been the site of King John's submission to the Papal Legate in 1213.
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Back with a bang - restored first world war gun to fire again
One hundred years after guns on the White Cliffs first successfully repelled a German Zeppelin raid, Dover Castle will once again resound to artillery fire following the restoration by English Heritage of a rare anti-aircraft gun used in the First World War, thanks to a grant of £272,600 from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
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How Dover Castle became the Key of England – the Great Siege of 1216
Eight hundred years ago, Dover Castle was crucial in defending England against invasion. Charles Kightly explains the history of Dover Castle's Great Siege.
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“ASTONISHING” DIGITAL RECONSTRUCTION REVEALS DOVER CASTLE ENTRANCE HIDDEN FOR 800 YEARS
Painstaking model took over 800 hours to complete and shows many features of the castle long since destroyed