The Hastings blockhouse of 1542 addressed the long-standing vulnerability of this ancient Cinque Port to direct beach attack. Hastings had been burned by French raiders on multiple occasions during the Hundred Years War and the construction of the blockhouse was a belated acknowledgement that the town needed some form of permanent coastal artillery presence. The blockhouse was a modest structure but represented the extension of Device Fort principles to secondary ports.
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