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Dover Western Heights

ENG Inglaterra · siglo XVIII

Dover Western Heights en Inglaterra
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The Western Heights of Dover is a series of forts and ditches in Dover, England. They were created in the 18th and 19th centuries to augment the existing defences and protect the key port of Dover from both seaward and landward attack. In the early 20th century, the Dover Western Heights was collectively reputed to be the "strongest and most elaborate" fortification in the country. The Army withdrew from the Heights in 1956–61. They are now a local nature reserve.

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Dover Western Heights ranks #3346 of 5793 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #179 of the 182 mapped in Inglaterra. Fundado en 1779, más antiguo que el 17% de los monumentos datados del atlas — uno de los 360 monumentos del atlas fundados en el siglo XVIII. Compara el dato en las estadísticas de castillos.

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