Deal Castle

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Dele; Deale; Dole

In the civil parish of Deal.
In the historic county of Kent (Modern Authority of Kent, 1974 county of Kent).

Artillery Castle, built in 1539 and designed to resemble a tudor rose. It was the official resedence of the captain of the Cinque Pors until 1951. The largest of Henry VIII's device forts. Remains intact and basically unaltered

This site has been described as a;
Artillery Fort.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Major remains.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.
This site is a Listed but grading unknown listed building protected by law*. (Images of England number )

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TR37775220

Modern Map from Good for landscape form and features	Modern Map from Good for general location
Air Photo from	1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 468386

• Web site links
  • http://www.theheritagetrail.co.uk/castles/deal%20castle.htm
    http://www.castlexplorer.co.uk/england/deal/deal.php
    http://www.deal.wisdom.co.uk/dealcastle.htm
    http://www.touruk.co.uk/castles/castle_deal.htm
    http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/conProperty.179
    http://www.castleuk.net/castle_lists_south/179/dealcastle.html
• Books
  • Salter, Mike, 2000, The Castles of Kent (Malvern) p28-9
    Saunders, Andrew, 1997, Channel Defences (London; Batsford/English Heritage) p46, 47-8, 77, 120
    Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p114-16 [plan]
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p229
    Newman, John, 1983, The buildings of England: North east and east Kent (Harmondsworth) p282-3
    Colvin, H.M., Ransome, D.R. and Summerson, John, 1982, The history of the King's Works Vol4: 1485-1660 (part 2) (London) p369, 374, 404-5, 457-61
    Fry, P.S., 1980, Castles of the British Isles (David and Charles) p218-9
    Guy, John, 1980, Kent Castles (Meresborough Books)
    Smithers, David Waldron, 1980, Castles in Kent (Chatham)
    Bennett, D., 1977, A handbook of Kent's defences from 1540 until 1945 p30
    Morley, B.M., 1976, Henry VIII and the Development of Coastal Defence (London) p10-11, 16, 22-6, 29
    Brown, R.Allen, 1976 (3edn), English castles (Batsford) p110
    O’Neil, B.H.St.J., 1960, Castles and Cannon: A Study of Early Artillery Fortifications in England (Oxford: Claredon Press) p53-8, plate 16
    O'Neil, B.H.St.J., 1953, Castles: an introduction to the castles of England and Wales (HMSO) p24
    Toy, Sidney, 1953, The Castles of Great Britain (Heinemann) p266-67
    Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
    Chalkley Gould and Downham, 1908, in Page, Wm (ed), VCH Kent Vol1 p440
    Mackenzie, J.D., 1897, Castles of England (Heinemann) Vol1 p13-14
    Elvin, 1890, Records of Walmer (London) intermittently between p157-226
    Hasted, Edward, 1778-99, A History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent Vol4 p165-6
    Buck, Samuel and Nathenial, 1774, Buck’s Antiquities (London) Vol1 p125
• Journal Articles
  • Kenyon, J.R., 1978, ‘A note on two original drawings by Wiliam Stukeley depicting “The Three Castles which keep the Downs” ‘, Antiquaries Journal Vol58
    Saunders, A., 1969,Archaeological Journal Vol126 p217-219
    Oswald, A., 1940, Country Life Vol88 p190-4
    Cornish, C.J., Country Life Vol17, 105 p656-7
    Rutton, W.L., 1898, 'Henry VIII's Castles at Sandown, Deal, Walmer, Sandgate, and Camber' Archaeologia Cantiana Vol23 p24-30
• Guidebooks
  • Jonathan Coad, 1999, Deal Castle (English Heritage)
    Barnes, Jonathan, 1992, Deal and Walmer Castles (English Heritage)
    Saunders, A.D.. 1985, Deal and Walmer castles (English Heritage)
    O'Neil, B.H.St.J., 1985, Deal Castle, Kent. (English Heritage)
    Saunders, A.D.. 1982 2edn, Deal and Walmer castles (HMSO)
    Saunders, A.D.. 1963, Deal and Walmer castles (HMSO)
    O'Neil, B.H.St.J., 1953, Deal Castle, Kent. (HMSO)
• Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
  • William Camden, 1607, Britannia [http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/cambrit/kenteng.html#kent29]