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Sandown Castle Kent Second Civil War 1648

1648
England
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Royalists
Forces
Second Civil War Royalist garrison
VS
Victor
Parliamentarians
Forces
Parliamentary besiegers
Outcome
Royalist garrison surrendered 1648 with the other Downs castles; the episode demonstrated both the depth of Royalist feeling in Kent and the ultimate resilience of Parliamentary control of the coast.
The Battle

History & Significance

Sandown Castle at Deal was the third of the three Henry VIII Downs forts seized during the Second Civil War Kentish rising in 1648. Its garrison held out alongside Deal and Walmer Castle until Parliamentary forces and the loyal fleet under Warwick isolated the position and forced its surrender.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Sandown Castle Kent Second Civil War 1648

Artillery castle at Deal
Scheduled monument · ~0.7 miles
Sandown Castle
Scheduled monument · ~0.7 miles
Medieval manor house, Walmer
Scheduled monument · ~1.9 miles
Artillery castle at Walmer
Scheduled monument · ~2 miles
Great Mongeham Anglo-Saxon cemetery
Scheduled monument · ~2.6 miles
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