Hurst Castle on its spit in the Solent was used as the final place of imprisonment for Charles I before his transfer to Windsor in December 1648 and thence to his trial at Westminster. The castle, one of Henry VIII's artillery fortresses, had been held for Parliament throughout. Colonel Harrison arrived to escort Charles north — an event that Charles himself recognised as the beginning of the final chapter. The remote location of Hurst on its narrow shingle bar made escape impossible.
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