howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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courtesy of ddc website.
We have something for everyone. Our castles are impressive - all created by Henry V111 as mighty coastal defences.
Guest 868- Registered: 25 Jan 2013
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Guest 868- Registered: 25 Jan 2013
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Bad English and bad history !!!
"We have something for everyone. Our castles are impressive - all created by Henry V111 as mighty coastal defences.
If your interest is for historical buildings, then you won't be disappointed. The Roman Painted House offers a glimpse of life more than 2000 years ago, while at Dover Museum you view the award winning Bronze Age Boat. "
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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slightly off topic, just come across this - must have visited aycliffe.
While the Romans thought highly of Britain as a colony, they were less happy about the Britons themselves.
"They are tall and bandy-legged with crooked bodies" (Strabo)
"Savages" (Tacitus)
"Creatures which are half-man and half-beast live there." (Anon)
Guest 868- Registered: 25 Jan 2013
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I have contacted the Museum about this dodgy page !
Brian Dixon
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howard,all false claims.
Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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I didn't know Anon had gotten that far north Howard.
Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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any way i thought bill the conqerer built the castle in 1068.
Guest 868- Registered: 25 Jan 2013
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How about the Iron Age hill fort before that ?
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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i new the romans put a light house [pharos] up there.
Guest 868- Registered: 25 Jan 2013
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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so factually they are not sure, when selling tickets suddenly they are.
Guest 719- Registered: 11 Jul 2011
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Yorkshire Born And Yorkshire Bred
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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i'm still wondering who this half man/half beast was.
could help brian trace his ancestry.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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howard,ive checked,and the good news is,its nothing to do with ancestery at all.maybe one the niebours.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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i understand brian, no names etc.
does it start with stewart?
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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no.
Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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It is mind-blowing what fiction and half-truths are published in the name of history!
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Lincolnshire Born and Bred
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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Who's Henry V111 anyway? Sounds like a secret military weapon. It's Henry VIII.
Regards from pedants' corner.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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Dover Castle as it stands now was built by Henry II, and most towers and defence walls around the keep were built in the decades following his reign, but long before Henry VIII.
