Tilbury Fort

Essex, England · United Kingdom

Tilbury Fort, United Kingdom
Photo: Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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A star-shaped artillery fort on the north bank of the Thames, laid out with angled bastions and a double moat to command the river approach to London. It reflects the seventeenth century move toward continental-style bastioned defence.

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