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Dover Castle: Secret Wartime Tunnels

August 25, 2013April 1, 2025 / Garrulous Gwendoline / 2 Comments

The tourist brochure says that "Henry II built the present castle of Dover in the 1180s, and that over the next 800 years its buildings and defences were adapted to meet the changing demands of weapons and warfare". Continuing on from yesterday's visit to the Hurricane and Spitfire museum, we have come to Dover Castle … Continue reading Dover Castle: Secret Wartime Tunnels

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