Yarmouth Castle 

The last coastal fort built by Henry VIII, Yarmouth Castle was built shortly 1547 after a French force had sailed into the Solent and landed on the Isle of Wight, safe from the guns and forts on the mainland. The local militia defeated the French, but a weakness in

• the island’s defences had been revealed and a castle was then soon constructed at Yarmouth.

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