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COWES CASTLE

Isle of Wight

Cowes Castle, Isle of Wight

Cowes Castle is the much-altered remains of one of the two blockhouses constructed by Henry VIII to protect the mouth of the River Medina which splits the Isle of Wight almost in two.  In fact the town of Cowes gets it's name from these blockhouses which were also called "cows".  Of the blockhouse at East Cowes nothing remains, and this one has been very changed; the central 'round' tower being remodelled by Anthony Salvin in 1856 for the Royal Yacht Squadron whose headquarters the Castle still is today.

Although the building is not open to the public good views can be had from the riverside and best of all from the Southampton-Cowes Ferry.

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