Resultado da Busca
Os Device Forts (tradução literal: Fortes de Defesa), também conhecidos como os "castelos henricianos" ou "cadeia de defesa costeira de Henrique VIII", são uma série de fortalezas armadas construídas em Inglaterra por Henrique VIII.
Materials. Stone, brick, earth. Events. English Civil War, Anglo-Dutch Wars, Napoleonic Wars, First and Second World Wars. The Device Forts, also known as Henrician castles and blockhouses, were a series of artillery fortifications built to defend the coast of England and Wales by Henry VIII.
The Device Forts, also known as Henrician castles and blockhouses, were a series of artillery fortifications built to defend the coast of England and Wales by Henry VIII. They ranged from large stone castles, to small blockhouses and earthwork bulwarks.
NameImagePlanLocationBrightlingsea BlockhouseBrightlingsea 51°48′19″N 1°00′38″E / ...1543Brownsea Island 50°41′18″N 1°57′30″W / ...1545–47Calshot Spit 50°49′12″N 1°18′27″W / ...1539–40Rye 50°55′59″N 0°43′57″E / 50.93305°N ...1513–43Devices are important to the game because they produce resources to build and develop weapons. There are 4 resource devices such as the Turbine, and 5 tech devices such as the Factory .
The Device Forts, also known as Henrician castles and blockhouses, were a series of artillery fortifications built to defend the coast of England and Wales by Henry VIII. Traditionally, the Crown had left coastal defences in the hands of local lords and communities but the threat of French and Spanish invasion led the King to issue an order ...
Cowes Castle, also known as West Cowes Castle, is a Device Fort in Cowes on the Isle of Wight. Originally built by Henry VIII in 1539 to protect England against the threat of invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire, it comprised a circular bastion, flanking wings and a keep, and in 1547 it housed 17 pieces of artillery.
Southsea Castle, historically also known as Chaderton Castle, South Castle and Portsea Castle, is an artillery fort originally constructed by Henry VIII on Portsea Island, Hampshire, in 1544. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire , and defended the Solent and ...
