YARMOUTH CASTLE

Isle of Wight

Yarmouth Castle, Isle of Wight

Yarmouth Castle was a late addition to Henry VIII's fortifications; only being built after the French raid on the Island in 1545.  It wasn't completed until two years later, and is quite different to all the other Henrican Forts save for Southsea.  The Castle's layout is much simpler than Southsea, being a fairly straight-forward square design; it does however include the first use of the "arrow head bastion" which would - in just a few years - make Castles in general a thing of the past.

Yarmouth Castle has not survived unscathed since its construction; in fact a good amount of the Castle has vanished beneath domestic buildings (now including "The George Inn").  The buildings were mostly quarters for the garrison who remained in Yarmouth Castle until 1885.

Yarmouth Castle is owned by English Heritage and is open regularly during the summer.

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