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English Civil War

Deal and Walmer Castle Royalist Seizure 1648

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

Who Fought

Defeated
Royalist garrison
Forces
Parliamentary besieging forces
VS
Victor
Parliamentary forces
Forces
Royalist garrison with naval support
Outcome
Parliamentary forces besieged the castles after the naval mutineers surrendered to Warwick; both castles fell and were regarrisoned for Parliament by late 1648.
The Battle

History & Significance

Deal Castle and Walmer Castle were seized by Royalists during the 1648 Second Civil War rising and held in conjunction with the mutinous Parliamentary fleet anchored in the Downs. The Prince of Wales in the fleet briefly threatened a landing. The castles covered the anchorage used by the mutineers.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Deal and Walmer Castle Royalist Seizure 1648

Artillery castle at Deal
Scheduled monument · ~0.2 miles
Sandown Castle
Scheduled monument · ~1.1 miles
Medieval manor house, Walmer
Scheduled monument · ~1.4 miles
Artillery castle at Walmer
Scheduled monument · ~1.5 miles
Great Mongeham Anglo-Saxon cemetery
Scheduled monument · ~2.4 miles
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