Artillery Castle, built in 1539 and designed to resemble a tudor rose. It was the official resedence of the captain of the Cinque Pors until 1951. The largest of Henry VIII's device forts. Remains intact and basically unaltered

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Name	Deal Castle
Alternative Names	Dele; Deale; Dole
Historic County	Kent
Civil Parish	Deal
Type	Artillery Fort
Confidence	Certain
Remains	Major
Listed	Listed but grading unknown
Scheduled Ancient Monument	Yes
Ordnance Survey Reference	TR377522
Eastings	637770
Northing	152200
Images of England Reference
PastScape Reference	468386
Historic Environment Record	TR 35 SE 6

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Books

• Harrington, Peter, 2007, The Castles of Henry VIII (Oxford: Osprey)
• Salter, Mike, 2000, The Castles of Kent (Malvern) p28-9
• Saunders, Andrew, 1997, Channel Defences (London; Batsford/English Heritage) p46, 47-8, 77, 120
• Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p114-16 [plan]
• King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p229
• Newman, John, 1983, The buildings of England: North east and east Kent (Harmondsworth) p282-3
• Colvin, H.M., Ransome, D.R. and Summerson, John, 1982, The history of the King's Works Vol4: 1485-1660 (part 2) (London) p369, 374, 404-5, 457-61
• Fry, P.S., 1980, Castles of the British Isles (David and Charles) p218-9
• Guy, John, 1980, Kent Castles (Meresborough Books)
• Smithers, David Waldron, 1980, Castles in Kent (Chatham)
• Bennett, D., 1977, A handbook of Kent's defences from 1540 until 1945 p30
• Morley, B.M., 1976, Henry VIII and the Development of Coastal Defence (London) p10-11, 16, 22-6, 29
• Brown, R.Allen, 1976 (3edn), English castles (Batsford) p110
• O’Neil, B.H.St.J., 1960, Castles and Cannon: A Study of Early Artillery Fortifications in England (Oxford: Claredon Press) p53-8, plate 16
• O'Neil, B.H.St.J., 1953, Castles: an introduction to the castles of England and Wales (HMSO) p24
• Toy, Sidney, 1953, The Castles of Great Britain (Heinemann) p266-67
• Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
• Chalkley Gould and Downham, 1908, in Page, Wm (ed), VCH Kent Vol1 p440
• Mackenzie, J.D., 1897, Castles of England (Heinemann) Vol1 p13-14
• Elvin, 1890, Records of Walmer (London) intermittently between p157-226
• Hasted, Edward, 1800 (2edn), A History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent Vol10 p1-23 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=63604
• Buck, Samuel and Nathenial, 1774, Buck’s Antiquities (London) Vol1 p125

Antiquarian

• William Camden, 1607, Britannia [http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/cambrit/kenteng.html#kent29]

Journals

• Kenyon, J.R., 1978, ‘A note on two original drawings by Wiliam Stukeley depicting “The Three Castles which keep the Downs” ‘ Antiquaries Journal Vol58 p162-4
• Saunders, A., 1970, 'Walmer Castle; Deal Castle; St Augustine's abbey, the monastic buildings; Upnor Castle' Archaeological Journal Vol126 p217-219
• Oswald, A., 1940, Country Life Vol88 p190-4
• Cornish, C.J., Country Life Vol17, 105 p656-7
• Rutton, W.L., 1898, 'Henry VIII's Castles at Sandown, Deal, Walmer, Sandgate, and Camber' Archaeologia Cantiana Vol23 p24-30

Guidebooks

• Jonathan Coad, 1999, Deal Castle (London: English Heritage)
• Barnes, Jonathan, 1992, Deal and Walmer Castles (London: English Heritage)
• Saunders, A.D.. 1985, Deal and Walmer castles (London: English Heritage)
• O'Neil, B.H.St.J., 1985, Deal Castle, Kent. (London: English Heritage)
• Saunders, A.D.. 1982 2edn, Deal and Walmer castles (HMSO)
• Saunders, A.D.. 1963, Deal and Walmer castles (HMSO)
• O'Neil, B.H.St.J., 1953, Deal Castle, Kent. (HMSO)