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Calshot Castle, Hampshire (English Heritage Guidebooks)
Calshot Castle Hampshire - English Heritage Guidebooks
Author: Coad
Calshot Castle was built in 1539-40, on the end of a short shingle spit, to guard the entrance to Southampton Water. It formed part of Henry VIII's chain of coastal defences to counter the threat of invasion by the Catholic powers of Europe. In 1913 the castle became the nucleus of one of the first Royal Naval Air Stations. From 1945 it was a co...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781850741022
ISBN-10: 1850741026
Publication Date: 1/1/1994
Pages: 28
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Publisher: English Heritage
Book Type: Paperback
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