Hampshire Treasures

Volume 5 ( New Forest)

Group D - Buildings, Monuments and Engineering Works
Description and Date:	Fort C.16
Remarks:	Calshot Castle. One of Henry V I I I's Forts. Erected, largely from material from Beaulieu Abbey, of ashlar and rubble. Single tower surrounded by curtain wall and moat. Central tower 15.5 m in diameter and 10.5 m high, octagonal ground floor. Two circular storeys above. O.S.A. No. SU40 SE4. Ref: 1. V.C.H., Vol. 3, p.292. Ref: 2. P.H.F.C., Vol. 12, 1932-4, (Williams-Freeman), p.214.
Protection:	T. & C.P. Act N.P. Act A.O.N.B.
Grid Ref.:	SU 489 025
Punchcard No.:	2211 23

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