Fort Burgoyne
Fort Burgoyne, originally known as Castle Hill Fort, was built in the 1860s as one of the Palmerston forts around Dover in southeast England. It was built to a polygonal system with detached eastern and western redoubts, to guard the high ground northeast of the strategic port of Dover, just north of Dover Castle.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Fort
- Description: fort in Guston, Dover, England, UK
- Also known as: “Fort Burgoyne Western Redoubt”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dover Castle and Dubris Pharos.
Dover Castle
Photo: Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dover Castle is a medieval castle in Dover, Kent, England and is Grade I listed. It was founded in the 11th century and has been described as the "Key to England" due to its defensive significance throughout history. Dover Castle is situated 2,700 feet south of Fort Burgoyne.
Dubris Pharos
Lighthouse
Photo: Thryduulf, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dubris, also known as Portus Dubris and Dubrae, was a port in Roman Britain on the site of present-day Dover, Kent, England. As the closest point to continental Europe and the site of the estuary of the Dour, the site chosen for Dover was ideal for a cross-channel port. Dubris Pharos is situated 2,900 feet south of Fort Burgoyne.
Peverell’s Tower
City gate
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Peverell’s Tower is a city gate, which is situated 2,700 feet south of Fort Burgoyne.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Buckland and Maxton.
Buckland
Suburb
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Buckland including Buckland Valley is a village near Dover, in the county of Kent, England. It is noted for the Buckland Anglo-Saxon cemetery whose finds now belong to the British Museum but are on display at Dover Museum.
Maxton
Suburb
West Cliffe
Hamlet
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
West Cliffe or Westcliffe is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of St. Margaret's At Cliffe, in the Dover district, in east Kent, England, near Dover. In 1931 the parish had a population of 88. West Cliffe is situated 2 miles northeast of Fort Burgoyne.
Fort Burgoyne
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Dover, Dover District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.13633° or 51° 8′ 11″ northLongitude
1.32116° or 1° 19′ 16″ eastOpen location code
9F3348PC+GFOpenStreetMap ID
way 698899144OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortWikidata ID
Q5470869
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In Other Languages
“Fort Burgoyne” goes by many names.
- German: “Fort Burgoyne”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Guston Church of England Primary School and The Spur, Dover Castle.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Fort Burgoyne”. Photo: Chris, CC BY-SA 2.0.